Gene Information
Gene NameMYO18B
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length2567
Protein NamesUnconventional myosin-XVIIIb
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age645 ( ENSG00000133454 )
Evolutionary StageVertebrata
AlphaFoldDBQ8IUG5
Gene CardMYO18B
Uniprot IDQ8IUG5
PfamPF00063
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionno (-0.986439293)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ MYO18B ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ MYO18B ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ MYO18B ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ MYO18B ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Myo18b ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ MYO18B ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Myo18b ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ MYO18B ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsMYO18A
ParalogsMYO3A, MYH10, TMF1, MYO7B, MYO1D, CCDC102B, MYH1, MYO19, MYO1C, MYH3, MYH7, MYO1A, MYO15A, MYH9, MYO18A, MYO1E, MYH14, MYH2, MYH15, MYO3B, CCDC102A, MYO5A, MYO1G, MYO1H, MYO5C, MYO9B, MYO7A, MYH7B, MYO5B, CGNL1, CGN, MYH11, MYO16, MYO10, MYH8, MYH6, MYO9A, MYO6, MYH4, CCDC158, MYO1B, MYO1F, MYH13
Tissueheart, skeletal.muscle, artery, left.atrium, left.ventricle, mitral.valve, pulmonary.valve, tongue, tricuspid.valve
Tissue SpecificitySelectively expressed in cardiac and skeletal muscles. Weakly expressed in testis, pancreas, placenta, prostate, lung and thymus.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB NA 
DBSNP rs133885  rs13058434  rs750078923  rs3859866  rs370187232  rs5761170  rs9624909  rs17704912  rs5761268  rs1429133479  rs35578357  rs695633  rs33928909  rs35370367  rs2236005  rs200567905  rs6004901  rs7284177  rs34875296  rs780180192 
Subcellular location [CC]Cytoplasm. Nucleus. Cytoplasm, myofibril, sarcomere. Note=Punctate pattern in undifferentiated myoblasts. Nuclear, on primary cardiomyocytes and adult muscle. A partial sarcomeric location was found in some cardiomyocytes.
Mouse PG classificationLPG
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