MYH4
Sign in to saveAlso known as MYH2B, MyHC-2B, MyHC-IIb, myosin, heavy chain 4, skeletal muscle, myosin heavy chain 4
Myosin-4 also known as myosin, heavy chain 4 is a protein which in humans is encoded by the MYH4 gene.
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It is catalogued under the topic Genes on human chromosome 17.
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Gene data
MYH4- Name
- myosin heavy chain 4
- Type
- protein-coding
- Position
- 10,443,290–10,469,559 (−)
- Aliases
- MYH2B, MyHC-2B, MyHC-IIb
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000264424
- RefSeq RNA
- NM_017533.2, XM_017024676.2, XM_054316236.1
- RefSeq protein
- NP_060003.2, XP_016880165.1, XP_054172211.1
Enables double-stranded RNA binding activity. Involved in muscle contraction. Located in myofibril. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]
Gene Ontology
Biological process
Molecular function
via MyGene.info
Gene · Ensembl
myosin heavy chain 4
- Symbol
- MYH4
- Biotype
- Protein coding
- Organism
- Homo sapiens
- Location
- 17:10,443,290-10,469,559
- Strand
- Reverse (−)
- Assembly
- GRCh38
via Ensembl · EMBL-EBI
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- gene
- Image
- PDB 1o1g EBI.jpg
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- HomoloGene ID
- 123880
- found in taxon
- Homo sapiens
- exact match
- identifiers.org/ncbigene/4622
- genomic end
- 10372876
- genomic start
- 10346607
- chromosome
- human chromosome 17
- cytogenetic location
- 17p13.1
- expressed in
- gastrocnemius muscle
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Function
- References
- Further reading
Myosin-4 also known as myosin, heavy chain 4 is a protein which in humans is encoded by the MYH4 gene.
== Function ==
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