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Gene

MYH15

myosin heavy chain 15

Summary

Cytogenetic location
3q13.13
Coordinates
Chromosome 3: 108,380,368–108,510,596 (GRCh38)
Exons
41 exons across 130.2 kb
Protein
1,926 amino acids
Also known as
KIAA1000
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000693548.1NM_014981.3
Locus type
Protein-coding
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads MYH15 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How MYH15 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 3, with a bracket where MYH15 sits. MYH15 and 8 genes near it on chromosome 3, from 107,945,482 to 108,945,481.Chromosome 33q13.13p26.3p26.2p26.1p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.33q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25.1q25.2q25.31q25.32q25.33q26.1q26.2q26.31q26.32q26.33q27.1q27.2q27.3q28q29108 Mb108.2 Mb108.4 Mb108.6 Mb108.8 MbCD47: 108,043,091–108,091,862, reverse strandCD47IFT57: 108,160,812–108,222,560, reverse strandIFT57HHLA2: 108,295,334–108,379,814, forward strandHHLA2MYH15: 108,380,368–108,510,596, reverse strandMYH15CIP2A: 108,545,374–108,589,644, reverse strandCIP2ADZIP3: 108,589,480–108,694,846, forward strandDZIP3RETNLB: 108,743,424–108,757,410, reverse strandRETNLBTRAT1: 108,822,770–108,855,005, forward strandTRAT1GUCA1C: 108,907,403–108,953,916, reverse strandGUCA1CDiagram of MYH15: 41 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 3Exon 41: 108,380,368–108,381,559, 1,192 basesExon 40: 108,383,595–108,383,729, 135 basesExon 39: 108,384,687–108,384,782, 96 basesExon 38: 108,388,970–108,389,074, 105 basesExon 37: 108,391,760–108,391,930, 171 basesExon 36: 108,394,031–108,394,156, 126 basesExon 35: 108,398,637–108,398,840, 204 basesExon 34: 108,399,075–108,399,267, 193 basesExon 33: 108,405,338–108,405,453, 116 basesExon 32: 108,408,280–108,408,404, 125 basesExon 31: 108,410,583–108,410,932, 350 basesExon 30: 108,414,232–108,414,428, 197 basesExon 29: 108,416,812–108,416,930, 119 basesExon 28: 108,421,088–108,421,214, 127 basesExon 27: 108,428,492–108,428,881, 390 basesExon 26: 108,430,832–108,430,922, 91 basesExon 25: 108,437,554–108,437,699, 146 basesExon 24: 108,439,737–108,439,913, 177 basesExon 23: 108,441,018–108,441,260, 243 basesExon 22: 108,444,640–108,444,895, 256 basesExon 21: 108,454,006–108,454,142, 137 basesExon 20: 108,455,736–108,455,859, 124 basesExon 19: 108,456,766–108,456,883, 118 basesExon 18: 108,459,362–108,459,449, 88 basesExon 17: 108,460,300–108,460,367, 68 basesExon 16: 108,463,111–108,463,243, 133 basesExon 15: 108,464,638–108,464,814, 177 basesExon 14: 108,470,042–108,470,212, 171 basesExon 13: 108,470,698–108,470,847, 150 basesExon 12: 108,476,397–108,476,515, 119 basesExon 11: 108,485,091–108,485,229, 139 basesExon 10: 108,486,423–108,486,526, 104 basesExon 9: 108,492,500–108,492,595, 96 basesExon 8: 108,493,114–108,493,177, 64 basesExon 7: 108,495,780–108,495,872, 93 basesExon 6: 108,498,052–108,498,145, 94 basesExon 5: 108,499,455–108,499,482, 28 basesExon 4: 108,500,118–108,500,274, 157 basesExon 3: 108,501,712–108,501,855, 144 basesExon 2: 108,505,723–108,505,829, 107 basesExon 1: 108,510,443–108,510,596, 154 bases412515′3′

Exons of the gene's MANE Select transcript (release v1.5), from NCBI and EMBL-EBI, on the GRCh38 reference genome.

Chromosome bands from UCSC's GRCh38 ideogram (2022-10-29).

Nearby genes from Ensembl release 116, on GRCh38.

Exons make up 7 kb of the gene's 130.2 kb; 5,781 of those bases code for the protein.

Sequencing MYH15

0Low

How hard MYH15 is to sequence with short reads, out of 100

  • Mappability0%
  • Homology0%
  • Repeats0.7%
  • GC content0.2%
  • Reference coverage0%

External links

Where this comes from

  • HGNC: the gene's symbol, name, other symbols and location.
  • MANE Select v1.5, from NCBI and EMBL-EBI: the transcript, its exons and coding sequence.
  • The Genome in a Bottle genome stratifications, from NIST: the sequencing difficulty score.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). MYH15 gene: myosin heavy chain 15. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/myh15

Vancouver

Dante Labs. MYH15 gene: myosin heavy chain 15 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/myh15

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