MYO19

MYO19
Identifiers
Aliases	MYO19, MYOHD1, myosin XIX
External IDs	OMIM: 617379; MGI: 1913446; GeneCards: MYO19
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 17 (human)
End	36,543,435 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 11 (mouse)
End	84,802,052 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	skin of leg; ; skin of abdomen; ; right testis; ; left testis; ; minor salivary glands; ; rectum; ; mucosa of transverse colon; ; right uterine tube; ; body of stomach; ; skin of arm;
	Top expressed in
	Jacobson's organ; ; clavicle; ; molar; ; gallbladder; ; zygote; ; secondary oocyte; ; tail of embryo; ; Meckel's cartilage; ; genital tubercle; ; primary oocyte;
	More reference expression data
	n/a
Gene ontology
Molecular function	myosin light chain binding; plus-end directed microfilament motor activity; nucleotide binding; cytoskeletal motor activity; ATP binding; actin binding; ATPase activity; microtubule motor activity; microtubule binding;
Cellular component	membrane; cytoskeleton; myosin complex; cytoplasm; mitochondrion; mitochondrial outer membrane; cytosol;
Biological process	regulation of cytokinesis; regulation of mitochondrial fission; mitochondrion migration along actin filament; microtubule-based movement;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
Databases	NCBI: entry; OMA: entry
	80179
	66196
	ENSG00000278372; ENSG00000278259
	ENSMUSG00000020527
	Q96H55
	Q5SV80
	NM_001033579; NM_001033580; NM_001163735; NM_025109
	NM_025414; NM_001362893
	NP_001028752; NP_001157207; NP_079385
	NP_079690; NP_001349822
	Wikidata
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Unconventional myosin-XIX is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MYO19 gene. Myosin XIX is an unconventional myosin motor protein that participates in cytokinesis and mitochondrial fission.

References

1 2 3 ENSG00000278259 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000278372, ENSG00000278259 – Ensembl, May 2017
1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000020527 – Ensembl, May 2017
↑ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
↑ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
1 2 "MYO19 Gene - GeneCards". www.genecards.org. Retrieved 2026-11-12.

[refGRCh38Ensembl-1] 1 2 3 ENSG00000278259 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000278372, ENSG00000278259 – Ensembl, May 2017

[refGRCm38Ensembl-2] 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000020527 – Ensembl, May 2017

[3] "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.

[4] "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.

[www.genecards.org-1-5] 1 2 "MYO19 Gene - GeneCards". www.genecards.org. Retrieved 2026-11-12.