MYL9

myosin light chain 9

Summary

Myosin, a structural component of muscle, consists of two heavy chains and four light chains. The protein encoded by this gene is a myosin light chain that may regulate muscle contraction by modulating the ATPase activity of myosin heads. The encoded protein binds calcium and is activated by myosin light chain kinase. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Known Variants11 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs14839133620:35,168,950T/Cregulatory region variant
rs20181611220:35,173,421G/Auncertain significance
rs76001555320:35,176,463G/Cuncertain significance
rs77284214820:35,176,540C/Tuncertain significance
rs53425071120:35,176,548G/Auncertain significance
rs57381364320:35,176,566G/Auncertain significance
rs251808162620:35,176,576G/Cuncertain significance
rs75061036520:35,177,564G/Auncertain significance
rs75536883520:35,177,578G/Cuncertain significance
rs251808334420:35,177,643A/Cuncertain significance
rs141827654220:35,177,644G/Cuncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.