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MYO7A

Gene

myosin VIIA

HGNCHGNC:7606EnsemblENSG00000137474NCBI Gene4647
Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 11q13.5

Also known as

Symbols and names change; identity (the HGNC ID) does not. Previous and alternative forms are kept distinct.

Also known asUSH1B · DFNB2 · DFNA11 · NSRD2
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Previous symbolsUSH1B, DFNB2, DFNA11
Alias symbolsNSRD2
Previous namesmyosin VIIA (Usher syndrome 1B (autosomal recessive, severe))

Associated diseases

via associated_with

Diseases linked to this gene through the canonical GENE→DISEASE (associated_with) relation, drawn from Open Targets' top-ranked associations by overall score — not the full association set. Disease-level detail lives on each disease's own page.

Deafness
Hearing loss, autosomal recessive
Nonsyndromic genetic hearing loss

Drawn from Open Targets’ top 10 associations by overall score for this gene — the subset resolved to a canonical disease. Lower-ranked associations, and diseases not yet canonicalised, are not shown.

Gene family

HGNC gene-group membership.

A-kinase anchoring proteinsMyosin heavy chains, class VIIFERM domain containing

Provenance

HGNCCanonical human gene identity from HGNC (release 2026-07-07), updated 2023-03-15.
Open TargetsGene–disease associations from the Open Targets Platform.