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MYH15

Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

MYH15
Identifiers
Aliases	MYH15, myosin heavy chain 15
External IDs	OMIM: 609929; MGI: 3643515; HomoloGene: 18929; GeneCards: MYH15; OMA:MYH15 - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 3 (human)[1] Band 3q13.13 Start 108,380,368 bp[1] End 108,529,322 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 16 (mouse)[2] Band 16|16 B5 Start 48,877,849 bp[2] End 49,019,467 bp[2]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in paraflocculus of cerebellum frontal pole middle frontal gyrus gonad testicle optic nerve C1 segment rectum prefrontal cortex cingulate gyrus Top expressed in spermatid secondary oocyte testicle primary oocyte zygote lens dentate gyrus of hippocampal formation granule cell hypothalamus striatum of neuraxis hippocampus proper More reference expression data BioGPS n/a
Gene ontology Molecular function nucleotide binding actin binding cytoskeletal motor activity ATP binding calmodulin binding actin filament binding microtubule motor activity microtubule binding Cellular component cytoplasm myosin filament myofibril myosin complex Biological process extraocular skeletal muscle development microtubule-based movement Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 22989 667772 Ensembl ENSG00000144821 ENSMUSG00000092009 UniProt Q9Y2K3 E9Q264 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_014981 NM_001166210 RefSeq (protein) NP_055796 NP_001159682 Location (UCSC) Chr 3: 108.38 – 108.53 Mb Chr 16: 48.88 – 49.02 Mb PubMed search [3] [4]
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Myosin-15 also known as myosin, heavy chain 15 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MYH15 gene.^[5]

Function[edit]

MYH15 is a slow-twitch myosin.^[5]

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