MYO6

This page contains an overview of the genetic variation in the MYO6 gene, including its role in inherited cardiac disease. For more details, click on the links below, or for a specific variant, enter the HGVS variant here:

MYO6 gene and transcript details

Gene Name
myosin VI

Gene Links
Ensembl: ENSG00000196586 - Locus Reference Genomic: LRG_438

Genomic Location
Chromosome 6 : 76,527,265 - 76,624,729 (forward strand)
View in: Ensembl - UCSC Genome Browser


Canonical Seqs Transcript (3855 bases)Protein (1285 aa)
ENST00000369977 ENSP00000358994
LRG_438t1LRG_438p1
NM_004999.3

Summary of MYO6 in Cardiomyopathies


MYO6 variants in ExAC

Details of the protein-altering MYO6 variants (missense, loss of function truncating, inframe indels and splice site regions) found in the ExAC database are shown below. To view lists of specific variants with links to detailed population frequency data, click on the variant numbers - for all or a particular variant class.

Total VariantsCombined frequency of rare variants
All Variants4630.00684
Truncating250.00035
Missense3660.00554
Inframe20.00001
Splice Site700.00094

Rare variants are defined as having a mean allelic frequency of less than 0.0001.