Myosin-7

MYH7
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesMYH7, CMD1S, CMH1, MPD1, MYHCB, SPMD, SPMM, myosin, heavy chain 7, cardiac muscle, beta, myosin heavy chain 7
External IDsOMIM: 160760; MGI: 2155600; HomoloGene: 68044; GeneCards: MYH7; OMA:MYH7 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

4625

140781

Ensembl

ENSG00000092054

ENSMUSG00000053093

UniProt

P12883

Q91Z83

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_000257

NM_080728
NM_001361607

RefSeq (protein)

NP_000248

NP_542766
NP_001348536

Location (UCSC)Chr 14: 23.41 – 23.44 MbChr 14: 55.21 – 55.23 Mb
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Myosin-7 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MYH7 gene.

It is the myosin heavy chain beta (MHC-β) isoform (slow twitch) expressed primarily in the heart, but also in skeletal muscles (type I fibers). This isoform is distinct from the fast isoform of cardiac myosin heavy chain, MYH6, referred to as MHC-α. MHC-β is the major protein comprising the thick filament that forms the sarcomeres in cardiac muscle and plays a major role in cardiac muscle contraction.