Family With Sequence Similarity 186, Member B (FAM186B)

FAM186B is a member of the FAM186 family, however, its exact function is not known. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been found for this gene.

Homology among proteins and DNA is often concluded on the basis of sequence similarity, especially in bioinformatics. For example, in general, if two or more genes have highly similar DNA sequences, it is likely that they are homologous. But sequence similarity may also arise without common ancestry: short sequences may be similar by chance, and sequences may be similar because both were selected to bind to a particular protein, such as a transcription factor. Such sequences are similar but not homologous. Sequence regions that are homologous are also called conserved.