Entrez gene ID | | 4625 |
Official gene symbol | | MYH7 |
Full name | | myosin, heavy chain 7, cardiac muscle, beta |
Aliases | | ,CMD1S,CMH1,DKFZp451F047,MGC138376,MGC138378,MPD1,MYHCB,SPMD,SPMM, |
Gene summary | | Muscle myosin is a hexameric protein containing 2 heavy chain subunits, 2 alkali light chain subunits, and 2 regulatory light chain subunits. This gene encodes the beta (or slow) heavy chain subunit of cardiac myosin. It is expressed predominantly in normal human ventricle. It is also expressed in skeletal muscle tissues rich in slow-twitch type I muscle fibers. Changes in the relative abundance of this protein and the alpha (or fast) heavy subunit of cardiac myosin correlate with the contractile velocity of cardiac muscle. Its expression is also altered during thyroid hormone depletion and hemodynamic overloading. Mutations in this gene are associated with familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, myosin storage myopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy, and Laing early-onset distal myopathy. [provided by RefSeq] |
Location | | Chromosome: 14 Locus: 14q12 |
Gene position | | 23904870 - 23881947 Map Viewer |
Gene orientation | | minus |
Gene size | | 22924 bp |
Gene sequence |
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OMIM ID | | 160760 |
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