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MYO7B
myosin VIIB
Chromosome 2 · 2q14.3
NCBI Gene: 4648Ensembl: ENSG00000169994.20HGNC: HGNC:7607UniProt: A0A8C8KL71
24PubMed Papers
20Diseases
0Drugs
0Pathogenic Variants
DATA QUALITY
✓ Experimental GO Evidence✓ Swiss-Prot Reviewed
protein bindingmicrovillusbrush border assemblystereocilia ankle linkvenous thromboembolismclear cell renal carcinomadeep vein thrombosisosteomyelitis
✦AI Summary

MYO7B is an actin-based motor protein that functions primarily in epithelial brush border organization and morphogenesis. As a core component of the intermicrovillar adhesion complex (IMAC), MYO7B localizes to microvillar tips where it promotes the accumulation and stabilization of cadherin-based adhesion links between adjacent microvilli 1. MYO7B accomplishes this through its MyTH4-FERM cargo-binding domain, which interacts with scaffolding proteins USH1C and ANKS4B to link protocadherins (CDHR2/CDHR5) to the actin cytoskeleton 23. Motor activity combined with passive targeting mechanisms drives highly efficient tip-directed transport of IMAC components 1. Loss of MYO7B disrupts intermicrovillar adhesion and mislocalized IMAC components along the microvillar axis, preventing proper brush border assembly in intestinal and kidney epithelial cells 1. Beyond epithelial morphogenesis, MYO7B regulates endocytosis by maintaining plasma membrane-associated actin networks that control clathrin-coated pit severing, particularly for heparan sulfate proteoglycan-binding cargos including α-synuclein fibrils 4. The structural and functional homology between MYO7B-containing complexes and MYO7A-based stereocilial complexes suggests shared mechanisms relevant to understanding Usher syndrome and sensory deficits 3.

Sources cited
1
MYO7B promotes accumulation of IMAC components at microvillar tips and is required for brush border assembly; loss of MYO7B disrupts intermicrovillar adhesion
PMID: 27666969
2
MYO7B interacts with USH1C and ANKS4B to link protocadherins to actin cytoskeleton; tripartite complex formation hierarchy
PMID: 26812018
3
MYO7B MyTH4-FERM domain recognizes harmonin (USH1C) through novel binding mode; structural basis for deafness mutations
PMID: 28660889
4
MYO7B regulates endocytosis by maintaining plasma membrane-associated actin networks controlling clathrin-coated pit severing for HSPG-binding cargos
PMID: 32366666
5
MYO7B cargo-binding tail domain localizes IMAC components to distal tips; cells with high CDHR2 localization exhibit dynamic length-matching activity
PMID: 33051206
Disease Associationsⓘ20
venous thromboembolismOpen Targets
0.38Weak
clear cell renal carcinomaOpen Targets
0.35Weak
deep vein thrombosisOpen Targets
0.32Weak
osteomyelitisOpen Targets
0.31Weak
neurodegenerative diseaseOpen Targets
0.30Weak
ThromboembolismOpen Targets
0.28Weak
renal carcinomaOpen Targets
0.26Weak
heart diseaseOpen Targets
0.26Weak
neuromuscular diseaseOpen Targets
0.12Weak
Barrett's esophagusOpen Targets
0.08Suggestive
pulmonary embolismOpen Targets
0.07Suggestive
Pulmonary InfarctionOpen Targets
0.07Suggestive
esophageal adenocarcinomaOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
hyperinsulinism due to INSR deficiencyOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
pseudohypoaldosteronism type 2BOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
pseudohypoaldosteronism type 2DOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
hypoparathyroidism, familial isolated, 2Open Targets
0.03Suggestive
isolated hyperchlorhidrosisOpen Targets
0.03Suggestive
exercise-induced hyperinsulinismOpen Targets
0.03Suggestive
glycogen storage disorder due to hepatic glycogen synthase deficiencyOpen Targets
0.03Suggestive
Pathogenic Variants
No pathogenic variants reported on ClinVar for this gene.
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Related Genes
USH1GProtein interaction100%USH1CProtein interaction99%CDHR5Protein interaction91%CDHR2Protein interaction90%ANKS4BProtein interaction85%MYO1AShared pathway67%
Tissue Expression6 tissues
Lung
100%
Bone Marrow
67%
Heart
24%
Liver
13%
Ovary
6%
Brain
1%
Gene Interaction Network
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MYO7BUSH1GUSH1CCDHR5CDHR2ANKS4BMYO1A
PROTEIN STRUCTURE
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PDB5XBF · 1.80 Å · X-ray
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Constraintⓘ
LOEUFⓘ
0.96LoF Tolerant
pLIⓘ
0.00Tolerant
Observed/Expected LoF0.85 [0.76–0.96]
RankingsWhere MYO7B stands among ~20K protein-coding genes
  • #13,249of 20,598
    Most Researched24
  • #8,990of 17,882
    Most Constrained (LOEUF)0.96
Genes detectedMYO7B
Sources retrieved10 papers
Response time—
📄 Sources
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1
A heterologous in-cell assay for investigating intermicrovillar adhesion complex interactions reveals a novel protrusion length-matching mechanism.
PMID: 33051206
J Biol Chem · 2020
1.00
2
Myosin-7b Promotes Distal Tip Localization of the Intermicrovillar Adhesion Complex.
PMID: 27666969
Curr Biol · 2016
0.90
3
Structure of Myo7b/USH1C complex suggests a general PDZ domain binding mode by MyTH4-FERM myosins.
PMID: 28439001
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A · 2017
0.80
4
Myosin 7 and its adaptors link cadherins to actin.
PMID: 28660889
Nat Commun · 2017
0.70
5
ANKS4B Is Essential for Intermicrovillar Adhesion Complex Formation.
PMID: 26812018
Dev Cell · 2016
0.60