MYH4

Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
MYH4
Identifiers
AliasesMYH4, MYH2B, MyHC-2B, MyHC-IIb, myosin, heavy chain 4, skeletal muscle, myosin heavy chain 4
External IDsOMIM: 160742 MGI: 1339713 HomoloGene: 123880 GeneCards: MYH4
Gene location (Human)
Chromosome 17 (human)
Chr.Chromosome 17 (human)[1]
Chromosome 17 (human)
Genomic location for MYH4
Genomic location for MYH4
Band17p13.1Start10,443,290 bp[1]
End10,469,559 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse)
Chromosome 11 (mouse)
Chr.Chromosome 11 (mouse)[2]
Chromosome 11 (mouse)
Genomic location for MYH4
Genomic location for MYH4
Band11 B3|11 40.59 cMStart67,128,855 bp[2]
End67,151,272 bp[2]
RNA expression pattern
Bgee
HumanMouse (ortholog)
Top expressed in
  • vastus lateralis muscle

  • biceps brachii

  • deltoid muscle

  • thoracic diaphragm

  • tibialis anterior muscle

  • gastrocnemius muscle

  • right ventricle

  • jejunum

  • synovial joint

  • tendon
Top expressed in
  • extensor digitorum longus muscle

  • tibialis anterior muscle

  • vastus lateralis muscle

  • sternocleidomastoid muscle

  • plantaris muscle

  • triceps brachii muscle

  • digastric muscle

  • temporal muscle

  • body of femur

  • intercostal muscle
More reference expression data
BioGPS
n/a
Gene ontology
Molecular function
  • nucleotide binding
  • actin binding
  • microfilament motor activity
  • double-stranded RNA binding
  • ATPase activity
  • cytoskeletal motor activity
  • ATP binding
  • calmodulin binding
  • actin filament binding
  • microtubule motor activity
  • microtubule binding
Cellular component
  • cytoplasm
  • myosin filament
  • muscle myosin complex
  • myofibril
  • sarcomere
  • myosin complex
Biological process
  • ATP metabolic process
  • muscle contraction
  • actin filament-based movement
  • muscle filament sliding
  • microtubule-based movement
  • response to activity
Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

4622

17884

Ensembl

ENSG00000264424

ENSMUSG00000057003

UniProt

Q9Y623

Q5SX39

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_017533

NM_010855

RefSeq (protein)

NP_060003

NP_034985

Location (UCSC)Chr 17: 10.44 – 10.47 MbChr 11: 67.13 – 67.15 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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Myosin-4 also known as myosin, heavy chain 4 is a protein which in humans is encoded by the MYH4 gene.[5]

Function

MYH4 is a gene that encodes a sarcomeric myosin.

References

  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000264424 – Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000057003 – Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ Edwards YH, Parkar M, Povey S, West LF, Parrington JM, Solomon E (May 1985). "Human myosin heavy chain genes assigned to chromosome 17 using a human cDNA clone as probe". Ann. Hum. Genet. 49 (Pt 2): 101–9. doi:10.1111/j.1469-1809.1985.tb01681.x. PMID 3000272. S2CID 7405468.

Further reading

  • Sant'ana Pereira JA, Wessels A, Nijtmans L, et al. (1995). "New method for the accurate characterization of single human skeletal muscle fibres demonstrates a relation between mATPase and MyHC expression in pure and hybrid fibre types". J. Muscle Res. Cell. Motil. 16 (1): 21–34. doi:10.1007/BF00125307. PMID 7751402. S2CID 20954615.
  • Weiss A, McDonough D, Wertman B, et al. (1999). "Organization of human and mouse skeletal myosin heavy chain gene clusters is highly conserved". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 96 (6): 2958–63. Bibcode:1999PNAS...96.2958W. doi:10.1073/pnas.96.6.2958. PMC 15877. PMID 10077619.
  • Barton PJ, Buckingham ME (1985). "The myosin alkali light chain proteins and their genes". Biochem. J. 231 (2): 249–61. doi:10.1042/bj2310249. PMC 1152739. PMID 3904738.
  • Horton MJ, Brandon CA, Morris TJ, et al. (2001). "Abundant expression of myosin heavy-chain IIB RNA in a subset of human masseter muscle fibres". Arch. Oral Biol. 46 (11): 1039–50. doi:10.1016/S0003-9969(01)00066-8. PMC 3848045. PMID 11543711.
  • Weiss A, Schiaffino S, Leinwand LA (1999). "Comparative sequence analysis of the complete human sarcomeric myosin heavy chain family: implications for functional diversity". J. Mol. Biol. 290 (1): 61–75. doi:10.1006/jmbi.1999.2865. PMID 10388558.
  • Larsson L, Moss RL (1993). "Maximum velocity of shortening in relation to myosin isoform composition in single fibres from human skeletal muscles". J. Physiol. 472: 595–614. doi:10.1113/jphysiol.1993.sp019964. PMC 1160504. PMID 8145163.
  • Li ZH, Spektor A, Varlamova O, Bresnick AR (2003). "Mts1 regulates the assembly of nonmuscle myosin-IIA". Biochemistry. 42 (48): 14258–66. doi:10.1021/bi0354379. PMID 14640694.
  • Sowa ME, Bennett EJ, Gygi SP, Harper JW (2009). "Defining the human deubiquitinating enzyme interaction landscape". Cell. 138 (2): 389–403. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2009.04.042. PMC 2716422. PMID 19615732.
  • Ford HL, Silver DL, Kachar B, et al. (1997). "Effect of Mts1 on the structure and activity of nonmuscle myosin II". Biochemistry. 36 (51): 16321–7. doi:10.1021/bi971182l. PMID 9405067.
  • Soussi-Yanicostas N, Whalen RG, Petit C (1993). "Five skeletal myosin heavy chain genes are organized as a multigene complex in the human genome". Hum. Mol. Genet. 2 (5): 563–9. doi:10.1093/hmg/2.5.563. PMID 8518795.
  • Ewing RM, Chu P, Elisma F, et al. (2007). "Large-scale mapping of human protein-protein interactions by mass spectrometry". Mol. Syst. Biol. 3 (1): 89. doi:10.1038/msb4100134. PMC 1847948. PMID 17353931.
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