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Gene

MYH16

myosin heavy chain 16

Summary

Cytogenetic location
7q22.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 7: 99,272,839–99,311,124 (GRCh38)
Exons
24 exons across 38.3 kb
Protein
1,114 amino acids
Also known as
MHC20, MYH16P
Previous symbols
MYH5
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000716970.3NM_001431356.1
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads MYH16 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How MYH16 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 7, with a bracket where MYH16 sits. MYH16 and 25 genes near it on chromosome 7, from 98,791,982 to 99,791,981.Chromosome 77q22.1p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p15.3p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q31.1q31.2q31.31q31.32q31.33q32.1q32.2q32.3q33q34q35q36.1q36.2q36.398.8 Mb99 Mb99.2 Mb99.4 Mb99.6 MbTMEM130: 98,846,478–98,870,771, reverse strandTMEM130TRRAP: 98,877,933–99,050,831, forward strandTRRAPSMURF1: 99,027,435–99,144,171, reverse strandSMURF1KPNA7: 99,173,572–99,250,075, reverse strandKPNA7MYH16: 99,272,839–99,311,124, forward strandMYH16ARPC1A: 99,325,879–99,366,527, forward strandARPC1A: 99,325,879–99,394,653, forward strandARPC1B: 99,374,226–99,398,124, forward strandARPC1BPDAP1: 99,392,048–99,408,831, reverse strandPDAP1BUD31: 99,408,610–99,419,618, forward strandBUD31PTCD1: 99,415,192–99,466,201, reverse strandPTCD1ATP5MF-PTCD1: 99,419,749–99,466,197, reverse strandCPSF4: 99,438,908–99,458,910, forward strandATP5MF: 99,448,475–99,466,201, reverse strandATP5MFZNF789: 99,472,794–99,503,650, forward strandZNF394: 99,473,877–99,504,918, reverse strandZKSCAN5: 99,504,634–99,535,360, forward strandZKSCAN5ZBED8L: 99,546,204–99,559,392, reverse strandZBED8LZNF655: 99,558,389–99,578,948, forward strandZNF655: 99,558,695–99,607,810, forward strandTMEM225B: 99,597,868–99,611,045, forward strandTMEM225BZSCAN25: 99,616,623–99,738,531, forward strandZSCAN25CYP3A5: 99,647,442–99,680,043, reverse strandCYP3A5CYP3A7-CYP3A51P: 99,684,957–99,735,102, reverse strandCYP3A7-CYP3A51PCYP3A7: 99,704,105–99,735,196, reverse strandCYP3A7CYP3A4: 99,756,954–99,784,327, reverse strandCYP3A4Diagram of MYH16: 24 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 7Exon 1: 99,272,839–99,273,077, 239 basesExon 2: 99,273,342–99,273,423, 82 basesExon 3: 99,277,539–99,277,712, 174 basesExon 4: 99,279,510–99,279,737, 228 basesExon 5: 99,280,876–99,280,980, 105 basesExon 6: 99,283,565–99,283,651, 87 basesExon 7: 99,283,873–99,284,018, 146 basesExon 8: 99,284,845–99,284,935, 91 basesExon 9: 99,285,382–99,285,438, 57 basesExon 10: 99,287,892–99,288,137, 246 basesExon 11: 99,289,287–99,289,404, 118 basesExon 12: 99,291,323–99,291,450, 128 basesExon 13: 99,292,312–99,292,508, 197 basesExon 14: 99,294,018–99,294,150, 133 basesExon 15: 99,296,701–99,296,917, 217 basesExon 16: 99,297,660–99,297,796, 137 basesExon 17: 99,297,892–99,297,995, 104 basesExon 18: 99,299,466–99,299,658, 193 basesExon 19: 99,301,601–99,301,804, 204 basesExon 20: 99,303,065–99,303,190, 126 basesExon 21: 99,304,586–99,304,756, 171 basesExon 22: 99,305,836–99,306,036, 201 basesExon 23: 99,306,609–99,306,836, 228 basesExon 24: 99,310,739–99,311,124, 386 bases15101520245′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 4 kb of the gene's 38.3 kb; 3,345 of those bases code for the protein.

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.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). MYH16 gene: myosin heavy chain 16. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/myh16

Vancouver

Dante Labs. MYH16 gene: myosin heavy chain 16 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/myh16

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