Myomesin-2

MYOM2
Identifiers
Aliases	MYOM2, TTNAP, myomesin 2
External IDs	OMIM: 603509; MGI: 1328358; HomoloGene: 2953; GeneCards: MYOM2; OMA:MYOM2 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 8 (human)
End	2,165,552 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 8 (mouse)
End	15,133,541 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	apex of heart; ; muscle of thigh; ; right auricle of heart; ; left ventricle; ; skeletal muscle tissue; ; gastrocnemius muscle; ; granulocyte; ; Brodmann area 9; ; right frontal lobe; ; testicle;
	Top expressed in
	triceps brachii muscle; ; sternocleidomastoid muscle; ; temporal muscle; ; muscle of thigh; ; digastric muscle; ; body of femur; ; gastrocnemius muscle; ; medial head of gastrocnemius muscle; ; myocardium of ventricle; ; quadriceps femoris muscle;
	More reference expression data
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Gene ontology
Molecular function	structural constituent of muscle; protein binding; actin filament binding; muscle alpha-actinin binding; structural molecule activity conferring elasticity; kinase binding;
Cellular component	cytoplasm; myosin filament; mitochondrion; muscle myosin complex; Z discdkac; M band; striated muscle thin filament; sarcomere;
Biological process	muscle contraction; extraocular skeletal muscle development; striated muscle contraction; actin filament organization; sarcomere organization; striated muscle myosin thick filament assembly; skeletal muscle thin filament assembly; skeletal muscle myosin thick filament assembly; cardiac myofibril assembly; cardiac muscle tissue morphogenesis;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	9172
	17930
	ENSG00000036448
	ENSMUSG00000031461
	P54296
	n/a
	NM_003970
	NM_008664
	NP_003961
	n/a
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Myomesin-2, also known as M-protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MYOM2 gene. M-protein is expressed in adult cardiac muscle and fast skeletal muscle, and functions to stabilize the three-dimensional arrangement of proteins comprising M-band structures in a sarcomere.