MYOCD
Sign in to saveAlso known as MYCD, myocardin, MGBL
Myocardin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MYOCD gene.
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It is catalogued under the topic Genes on human chromosome 17.
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Gene data
MYOCD- Name
- myocardin
- Type
- protein-coding
- Aliases
- MGBL, MYCD
This gene encodes a nuclear protein, which is expressed in heart, aorta, and in smooth muscle cell-containing tissues. It functions as a transcriptional co-activator of serum response factor (SRF) and modulates expression of cardiac and smooth muscle-specific SRF-target genes, and thus may play a crucial role in cardiogenesis and differentiation of the smooth muscle cell lineage. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.[provided by RefSeq, Sep 2009].
via MyGene.info
Gene · Ensembl
myocardin
- Symbol
- MYOCD
- Biotype
- Protein coding
- Organism
- Homo sapiens
- Location
- 17:12,665,890-12,768,949
- Strand
- Forward (+)
- Assembly
- GRCh38
via Ensembl · EMBL-EBI
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- gene
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- HomoloGene ID
- 17043
- found in taxon
- Homo sapiens
- exact match
- identifiers.org/ncbigene/93649
- genomic end
- 12672266
- genomic start
- 12569207
- chromosome
- human chromosome 17
- cytogenetic location
- 17p12
- expressed in
- smooth muscle tissue
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Structure
- Function
- Gene
- References
- Further reading
Myocardin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MYOCD gene.
Myocardin is a smooth muscle cell and cardiac muscle cell-specific transcriptional coactivator of serum response factor (SRF). When expressed in smooth muscle precursor cells and abnormally in nonmuscle cells, myocardin can induce smooth muscle cell differentiation. Myocardin can also function in the differentiation of myocardial cells.
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