This gene is a member of the myosin gene family. Myosins are mechanochemical proteins characterized by the presence of a motor domain, an actin-binding domain, a neck domain that interacts with other proteins, and a tail domain that serves as an anchor. This gene encodes an unconventional myosin with a very short tail. Defects in this gene are associated with the mouse shaker-1 phenotype and the human Usher syndrome 1B which are characterized by deafness, reduced vestibular function, and (in human) retinal degeneration. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants.,MYO7A,DFNA11,DFNB2,MYOVIIA,MYU7A,NSRD2,USH1B,Signal Transduction,Cell Biology & Developmental Biology,Cytoskeleton,Motor Proteins,MYO7A