MYH13

Myosin, heavy chain 13, skeletal muscle
Identifiers
SymbolsMYH13 ; MyHC-eo
External IDsOMIM: 603487 MGI: 1339967 HomoloGene: 55780 GeneCards: MYH13 Gene
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez8735544791
EnsemblENSG00000006788ENSMUSG00000060180
UniProtQ9UKX3B1AR69
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_003802NM_001081250
RefSeq (protein)NP_003793NP_001074719
Location (UCSC)Chr 17:
10.2 – 10.28 Mb
Chr 11:
67.32 – 67.37 Mb
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Myosin-13 also known as myosin, heavy chain 13 is a protein which in humans is encoded by the MYH13 gene.[1]

Function

MYH13 is a myosin whose expression is restricted primarily to the extrinsic eye muscles which are specialized for function in eye movement.[2]

References

  1. Winters LM, Briggs MM, Schachat F (November 1998). "The human extraocular muscle myosin heavy chain gene (MYH13) maps to the cluster of fast and developmental myosin genes on chromosome 17". Genomics 54 (1): 188–9. doi:10.1006/geno.1998.5558. PMID 9806854.
  2. Weiss A, Schiaffino S, Leinwand LA (July 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.

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