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Facts about Unconventional myosin-VIIb.
As part of the intermicrovillar adhesion complex/IMAC plays a role in epithelial brush border differentiation, controlling microvilli business and length. May link the complex to the actin core bundle of microvilli (Probable).
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | MYO7B |
| Uniprot: | Q6PIF6 |
| Entrez: | 4648 |

| Belongs to: |
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| TRAFAC class myosin-kinesin ATPase superfamily |

Unconventional myosin-VIIb
Mass (kDA):
241.599 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 2q14.3 |
| Sequence: | 2; NC_000002.12 (127535689..127637728) |
Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton. Cell projection, microvillus. Enriched in the microvilli of the intestinal brush border.



PMID: 8022818 by Bement W.M., et al. Identification and overlapping expression of multiple unconventional myosin genes in vertebrate cell types.
PMID: 24725409 by Crawley S.W., et al. Intestinal brush border assembly driven by protocadherin-based intermicrovillar adhesion.