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Symbol MYH8 contributors: mct/npt - updated : 12-05-2010
HGNC name myosin, heavy polypeptide 8, skeletal muscle, perinatal
HGNC id 7578
PROTEIN
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
STRUCTURE
motifs/domains
  • globular head associating to the light chain and containing actin and ATP binding sites
  • a neck containing IQ calmodulin or calmodulin-like light chain binding domain (the converter) connected to the base of a long alpha helical tail, (the liver)
    • HOMOLOGY
    Homologene
    FAMILY
    CATEGORY motor/contractile , structural protein
    SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATION extracellular
        intracellular
    intracellular,cytoplasm,cytoskeleton,microfilament
    text thick filaments of the myofibrils
    basic FUNCTION
  • motor contractile protein moving towards the "plus" end of actin track
    • CELLULAR PROCESS
    PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS
    PATHWAY
    metabolism
    signaling
    a component
    INTERACTION
    DNA
    RNA
    small molecule
    protein
    cell & other
    REGULATION
    ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
    corresponding disease(s) CNCTP , TPCS
    Susceptibility
    Variant & Polymorphism
    Candidate gene
    Marker
    Therapy target
    ANIMAL & CELL MODELS