{"symbol":"MYH16","synonyms":["MYH5","MYH16P","MHC20"],"name":"myosin, heavy chain 16 pseudogene","description":"The protein coding status of the MYH16 gene is uncertain. In nonhuman primates, this gene encodes a sarcomeric myosin heavy chain expressed in masticatory muscles, but has been hypothesized to be inactivated in humans. Stedman et al. (2004) [PubMed 15042088] suggest that the decrement in masticatory muscle size caused by the inactivation of MYH16 removed an evolutionary constraint on encephalization in early man. However, there is peptide support suggesting that a shorter protein containing only a myosin tail domain is expressed in human. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2024]","ncbiEntrezGeneId":84176,"ncbiEntrezGeneUrl":"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/84176","proteins":[],"hgncRootFamilies":[{"name":"Myosins (MYH, MYO)","href":"/api/1.0/gene_family/Myosins+%28MYH%2C+MYO%29"}]}