MYO6

Tier: Gold Standard Ciliary Genes

Ensembl:: ENSG00000196586
UniProt:: Q9UM54
OMIM:: 600970
Synonyms:: myosin-VI, myosin VI

Subcellular localization

cilia

Function

Myosin VI, a minus-end-directed actin motor and established ciliary protein. Recovered in the ARL13B-TurboID brain and kidney cilia proteomes and validated as a known neuronal-cilia component (Chang et al. 2026, Sci Adv).

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