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Facts about Myosin-IIIa.
Required for normal cochlear hair package development and hearing. Plays an important role in the early measures of cochlear hair bundle morphogenesis.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | MYO3A |
Uniprot: | Q8NEV4 |
Entrez: | 53904 |
Belongs to: |
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No superfamily |
deafness, autosomal recessive 30; DFNB30; EC 2.7.11; EC 2.7.11.1; myosin IIIA; myosin-IIIa
Mass (kDA):
186.208 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 10p12.1 |
Sequence: | 10; NC_000010.11 (25934229..26212536) |
Strongest expression in retina, retinal pigment epithelial cells, cochlea and pancreas.
Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton. Cytoplasm. Cell projection, filopodium tip. Cell projection, stereocilium. Increased localization at the filodium tip seen in the presence of MORN4.
PMID: 10936054 by Dose A.C., et al. Cloning and chromosomal localization of a human class III myosin.
PMID: 12032315 by Walsh T., et al. From flies' eyes to our ears: mutations in a human class III myosin cause progressive nonsyndromic hearing loss DFNB30.