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/A—uncertain significance
rs76001555320:35,176,463G/C—uncertain significance
rs77284214820:35,176,540C/T—uncertain significance
rs53425071120:35,176,548G/A—uncertain significance
rs57381364320:35,176,566G/A—uncertain significance
rs251808162620:35,176,576G/C—uncertain significance
rs75061036520:35,177,564G/A—uncertain significance
rs75536883520:35,177,578G/C—uncertain significance
rs251808334420:35,177,643A/C—uncertain significance
rs141827654220:35,177,644G/C—uncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.