Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

MYO18A

Unconventional myosin-XVIIIa

Also known as: KIAA0216, MY18A_HUMAN, MysPDZ, TIAF1

Cross-references: UniProt · Ensembl · Human Protein Atlas · GeneCards · NCBI Gene

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q92614
Gene
MYO18A
Ensembl
ENSG00000196535
Chromosome
17
Canonical length
2054 aa
Protein class
Plasma proteins, Predicted intracellular proteins
Quaternary structure
Homodimer

OverviewNCBI Gene

The protein encoded by this gene can bind GOLPH3, linking the Golgi to the cytoskeleton and influencing Golgi membrane trafficking. The encoded protein is also part of a complex that assembles lamellar actomyosin bundles and may be required for cell migration. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2016]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

2054 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q92614|MYO18A
     1  MFNLMKKDKD KDGGRKEKKE KKEKKERMSA AELRSLEEMS LRRGFFNLNR SSKRESKTRL
    61  EISNPIPIKV ASGSDLHLTD IDSDSNRGSV ILDSGHLSTA SSSDDLKGEE GSFRGSVLQR
   121  AAKFGSLAKQ NSQMIVKRFS FSQRSRDESA SETSTPSEHS AAPSPQVEVR TLEGQLVQHP
   181  GPGIPRPGHR SRAPELVTKK FPVDLRLPPV VPLPPPTLRE LELQRRPTGD FGFSLRRTTM
   241  LDRGPEGQAC RRVVHFAEPG AGTKDLALGL VPGDRLVEIN GHNVESKSRD EIVEMIRQSG
   301  DSVRLKVQPI PELSELSRSW LRSGEGPRRE PSDAKTEEQI AAEEAWNETE KVWLVHRDGF
   361  SLASQLKSEE LNLPEGKVRV KLDHDGAILD VDEDDVEKAN APSCDRLEDL ASLVYLNESS
   421  VLHTLRQRYG ASLLHTYAGP SLLVLGPRGA PAVYSEKVMH MFKGCRREDM APHIYAVAQT
   481  AYRAMLMSRQ DQSIILLGSS GSGKTTSCQH LVQYLATIAG ISGNKVFSVE KWQALYTLLE
   541  AFGNSPTIIN GNATRFSQIL SLDFDQAGQV ASASIQTMLL EKLRVARRPA SEATFNVFYY
   601  LLACGDGTLR TELHLNHLAE NNVFGIVPLA KPEEKQKAAQ QFSKLQAAMK VLGISPDEQK
   661  ACWFILAAIY HLGAAGATKE AAEAGRKQFA RHEWAQKAAY LLGCSLEELS SAIFKHQHKG
   721  GTLQRSTSFR QGPEESGLGD GTGPKLSALE CLEGMAAGLY SELFTLLVSL VNRALKSSQH
   781  SLCSMMIVDT PGFQNPEQGG SARGASFEEL CHNYTQDRLQ RLFHERTFVQ ELERYKEENI
   841  ELAFDDLEPP TDDSVAAVDQ ASHQSLVRSL ARTDEARGLL WLLEEEALVP GASEDTLLER
   901  LFSYYGPQEG DKKGQSPLLH SSKPHHFLLG HSHGTNWVEY NVTGWLNYTK QNPATQNAPR
   961  LLQDSQKKII SNLFLGRAGS ATVLSGSIAG LEGGSQLALR RATSMRKTFT TGMAAVKKKS
  1021  LCIQMKLQVD ALIDTIKKSK LHFVHCFLPV AEGWAGEPRS ASSRRVSSSS ELDLPSGDHC
  1081  EAGLLQLDVP LLRTQLRGSR LLDAMRMYRQ GYPDHMVFSE FRRRFDVLAP HLTKKHGRNY
  1141  IVVDERRAVE ELLECLDLEK SSCCMGLSRV FFRAGTLARL EEQRDEQTSR NLTLFQAACR
  1201  GYLARQHFKK RKIQDLAIRC VQKNIKKNKG VKDWPWWKLF TTVRPLIEVQ LSEEQIRNKD
  1261  EEIQQLRSKL EKAEKERNEL RLNSDRLESR ISELTSELTD ERNTGESASQ LLDAETAERL
  1321  RAEKEMKELQ TQYDALKKQM EVMEMEVMEA RLIRAAEING EVDDDDAGGE WRLKYERAVR
  1381  EVDFTKKRLQ QEFEDKLEVE QQNKRQLERR LGDLQADSEE SQRALQQLKK KCQRLTAELQ
  1441  DTKLHLEGQQ VRNHELEKKQ RRFDSELSQA HEEAQREKLQ REKLQREKDM LLAEAFSLKQ
  1501  QLEEKDMDIA GFTQKVVSLE AELQDISSQE SKDEASLAKV KKQLRDLEAK VKDQEEELDE
  1561  QAGTIQMLEQ AKLRLEMEME RMRQTHSKEM ESRDEEVEEA RQSCQKKLKQ MEVQLEEEYE
  1621  DKQKVLREKR ELEGKLATLS DQVNRRDFES EKRLRKDLKR TKALLADAQL MLDHLKNSAP
  1681  SKREIAQLKN QLEESEFTCA AAVKARKAME VEIEDLHLQI DDIAKAKTAL EEQLSRLQRE
  1741  KNEIQNRLEE DQEDMNELMK KHKAAVAQAS RDLAQINDLQ AQLEEANKEK QELQEKLQAL
  1801  QSQVEFLEQS MVDKSLVSRQ EAKIRELETR LEFERTQVKR LESLASRLKE NMEKLTEERD
  1861  QRIAAENREK EQNKRLQRQL RDTKEEMGEL ARKEAEASRK KHELEMDLES LEAANQSLQA
  1921  DLKLAFKRIG DLQAAIEDEM ESDENEDLIN SLQDMVTKYQ KRKNKLEGDS DVDSELEDRV
  1981  DGVKSWLSKN KGPSKAASDD GSLKSSSPTS YWKSLAPDRS DDEHDPLDNT SRPRYSHSYL
  2041  SDSDTEAKLT ETNA

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against MYO18A can act on the native protein depends on physical access: surface and secreted proteins are reachable by circulating antibodies, intracellular proteins usually are not.

Antibody reachability
Cell surface
Secreted
No
Transmembrane segments
0
Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
0.4
Highest tissue expression
381 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • skeletal muscle: 381 nTPM
  • tongue: 116 nTPM
  • heart muscle: 90 nTPM
  • cerebellum: 21 nTPM
  • skin: 19 nTPM
  • liver: 18 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • myonuclei: 371 nCPM
  • cardiomyocytes: 239 nCPM
  • tuft cells: 150 nCPM
  • esophageal apical cells: 119 nCPM
  • hematopoietic stem cells: 108 nCPM
  • hepatocytes: 76 nCPM

Immune cell

  • basophil: 0.6 nTPM
  • neutrophil: 0.5 nTPM
  • eosinophil: 0.4 nTPM
  • MAIT T-cell: 0.4 nTPM
  • naive CD4 T-cell: 0.4 nTPM
  • plasmacytoid DC: 0.4 nTPM

Brain region

  • white matter: 190 nTPM
  • pons: 154 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 150 nTPM
  • thalamus: 149 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 144 nTPM
  • medulla oblongata: 141 nTPM

Genetic constraint and essentialitygnomAD · DepMap

Does the body need this protein intact? Low LOEUF or a strong DepMap dependency means loss or blockade of the protein is likely to be felt.

gnomAD LOEUF (loss-of-function intolerance)
0.29
gnomAD pLI
0.99
gnomAD missense Z
2.45
DepMap mean gene effect
-0.3
DepMap dependency class
selective

Cancer expressionTCGA

Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 4% of surveyed tumor types (aggregate summary; per-cohort expression, alteration, and survival load in the interactive view).

OntologyGO

Biological processes

Molecular functions

Cellular components

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

KeywordsUniProt

InteractionsUniProt · HPA

Protein binding partners of MYO18A in the human serome: UniProt-annotated complex subunits plus reported interactors. Each links to its own Seroatlas record.

Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis

Seroatlas reads MYO18A as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against MYO18A could matter depends on whether native MYO18A is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

MYO18A is annotated at the cell surface, where native MYO18A is exposed to circulating antibodies and is a prime autoantibody target that could block, deplete, or overstimulate it.

Annotation status

The present source text does not explicitly label MYO18A as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/MYO18A. Study-independent annotations aggregated from UniProt, Human Protein Atlas, PubMed, IEDB, Pfam, InterPro, Gene Ontology, AlphaFold, gnomAD, DepMap, ClinVar, TCGA. Catalog release seroatlas-reviewed-human-uniprot-20260313.

Seroatlas is the reference for exploring autoantibody and antibody serology at the human-protein level: the autoreactome and human serome, multiplex serology (HuProt, HuScan, VirScan, PhIP-Seq).

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