Myosin-2

MYH2
Identifiers
Aliases	MYH2, IBM3, MYH2A, MYHSA2, MYHas8, MyHC-2A, MyHC-IIa, MYPOP, myosin, heavy chain 2, skeletal muscle, adult, myosin heavy chain 2
External IDs	OMIM: 160740; MGI: 1339710; HomoloGene: 23019; GeneCards: MYH2; OMA:MYH2 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 17 (human)
End	10,549,700 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 11 (mouse)
End	67,088,343 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	Skeletal muscle tissue of rectus abdominis; ; Skeletal muscle tissue of biceps brachii; ; body of tongue; ; vastus lateralis muscle; ; thoracic diaphragm; ; triceps brachii muscle; ; glutes; ; muscle of thigh; ; deltoid muscle; ; gastrocnemius muscle;
	Top expressed in
	soleus muscle; ; intercostal muscle; ; sternocleidomastoid muscle; ; ankle; ; masseter muscle; ; temporal muscle; ; extraocular muscle; ; digastric muscle; ; medial head of gastrocnemius muscle; ; vastus lateralis muscle;
	More reference expression data
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Gene ontology
Molecular function	nucleotide binding; actin binding; microfilament motor activity; protein binding; cytoskeletal motor activity; ATP binding; calmodulin binding; actin filament binding; microtubule motor activity; microtubule binding;
Cellular component	cytoplasm; myosin filament; cytosol; myofibril; sarcomere; myosin complex; A band; protein-containing complex; Golgi apparatus; actomyosin contractile ring; muscle myosin complex; cell-cell junction;
Biological process	Fc-gamma receptor signaling pathway involved in phagocytosis; muscle filament sliding; microtubule-based movement; plasma membrane repair; muscle contraction; response to activity; actin-mediated cell contraction;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	4620
	17882
	ENSG00000125414
	ENSMUSG00000033196
	Q9UKX2
	G3UW82
	NM_017534; NM_001100112
	NM_001039545; NM_144961
	NP_001093582; NP_060004
	NP_001034634
	Wikidata
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Myosin-2 (myosin heavy chain 2) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MYH2 gene.