Gene Information
Gene NameMYOF
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length2061
Protein NamesMyoferlin (Fer-1-like protein 3)
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age680 ( ENSG00000138119 )
Evolutionary StageEumetazoa
AlphaFoldDBQ9NZM1
Gene CardMYOF
Uniprot IDQ9NZM1
PfamPF00168; PF08165; PF08150; PF08151; PF16165
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionyes (0.265128482)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ MYOF ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ MYOF ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ MYOF ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ MYOF ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Myof ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ MYOF ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Myof ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ MYOF ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsDYSF, FER1L6
ParalogsOTOF, DYSF, FER1L5, FER1L6
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityExpressed in myoblast and endothelial cells (at protein level). Highly expressed in cardiac and skeletal muscles. Also present in lung, and at very low levels in kidney, placenta and brain. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11959863, ECO:0000269|PubMed:17702744, ECO:0000269|PubMed:18502764}.
Pharmacological Animal Models0.117047(Chimpanzee);NULL(Mouse);NULL(Rat);NULL(Rabbit)
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 2DMH  (NMR  2K2O  (NMR  6EEL  (X-ray  1.93A 
DBSNP rs36032890  rs12256834  rs11187393  rs34000599  rs11594445 
Subcellular location [CC]Cell membrane;
Single-pass type II membrane protein. Nucleus membrane;
Single-pass type II membrane protein. Cytoplasmic vesicle membrane;
Single-pass type II membrane protein. Note=Concentrated at the membrane sites of both myoblast-myoblast and myoblast-myotube fusions. Detected at the plasmalemma in endothelial cells lining intact blood vessels (By similarity). Found at nuclear and plasma membranes. Enriched in undifferentiated myoblasts near the plasma membrane in puncate structures. {ECO:0000250}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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