MYL9

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Myosin, light chain 9, regulatory
Identifiers
Symbols MYL9; LC20; MGC3505; MLC2; MRLC1; MYRL2
External IDs OMIM609905 MGI1914518 HomoloGene21230 GeneCards: MYL9 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 10398 67268
Ensembl ENSG00000101335 ENSMUSG00000024048
UniProt P24844 Q6ZWQ9
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_006097.3 NM_026064.2
RefSeq (protein) NP_006088.2 NP_080340.2
Location (UCSC) Chr 20:
35.17 – 35.18 Mb
Chr 17:
71.34 – 71.35 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Myosin regulatory light polypeptide 9 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MYL9 gene.[1]

Function

Myosin, a structural component of muscle, consists of two heavy chains and four light chains. The protein encoded by this gene is a myosin light chain that may regulate muscle contraction by modulating the ATPase activity of myosin heads. The encoded protein binds calcium and is activated by myosin light chain kinase. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.[2]

References

  1. ^ Kumar CC, Mohan SR, Zavodny PJ, Narula SK, Leibowitz PJ (May 1989). "Characterization and differential expression of human vascular smooth muscle myosin light chain 2 isoform in nonmuscle cells". Biochemistry 28 (9): 4027–35. doi:10.1021/bi00435a059. PMID 2526655. 
  2. ^ "Entrez Gene: myosin". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=10398. 

Further reading

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.


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