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MYH1

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MYH1
Identifiers
AliasesMYH1, HEL71, MYHSA1, MYHa, MyHC-2X/D, MyHC-2x, myosin, heavy chain 1, skeletal muscle, adult, myosin heavy chain 1
External IDsOMIM: 160730; MGI: 1339711; HomoloGene: 133718; GeneCards: MYH1; OMA:MYH1 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_005963

NM_030679

RefSeq (protein)

NP_005954

NP_109604

Location (UCSC)Chr 17: 10.49 – 10.52 MbChr 11: 67.09 – 67.12 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
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Myosin-1, also known as 'striated muscle myosin heavy chain 1', is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MYH1 gene.[5][6] This gene is most highly expressed in fast type IIX/D muscle fibres of vertebrates and encodes a protein found uniquely in striated muscle; it is a class II myosin with a long coiled coil tail that dimerizes and should not be confused with 'Myosin 1' encoded by the MYO1 family of genes (MYO1A-MYO1H). Class I MYO1 genes function in many cell types throughout biology and are single-headed membrane-binding myosins that lack a long coiled coil tail.

Function

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Myosin is a major contractile protein that converts chemical energy into mechanical energy through the hydrolysis of ATP. Class II Myosins are hexameric proteins composed of a pair of myosin heavy chains (MYH) and two pairs of nonidentical light chains. Myosin heavy chains are encoded by a multigene family. In mammals, at least ten different myosin heavy chain (MYH) isoforms have been described from striated, smooth, but rarely in non-muscle cells. These isoforms show expression that is spatially and temporally regulated during development.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000109061Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000056328Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ Leinwand LA, Saez L, McNally E, Nadal-Ginard B (June 1983). "Isolation and characterization of human myosin heavy chain genes". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 80 (12): 3716–20. Bibcode:1983PNAS...80.3716L. doi:10.1073/pnas.80.12.3716. PMC 394121. PMID 6304733.
  6. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: MYH1 myosin, heavy chain 1, skeletal muscle, adult".

Further reading

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