MYH15

Myosin-15 also known as myosin, heavy chain 15 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MYH15 gene.^[1]

Function

MYH15 is a slow-twitch myosin.^[1]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Desjardins PR, Burkman JM, Shrager JB, Allmond LA, Stedman HH (April 2002). “Evolutionary implications of three novel members of the human sarcomeric myosin heavy chain gene family”. Mol. Biol. Evol. 19 (4): 375–93. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a004093. PMID 11919279.

Further reading

Luke MM, O’Meara ES, Rowland CM, et al. (2009). “Gene variants associated with ischemic stroke: the cardiovascular health study”. Stroke. 40 (2): 363–8. doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.521328. PMC 2881155. PMID 19023099.
Rossi AC, Mammucari C, Argentini C, et al. (2010). “Two novel/ancient myosins in mammalian skeletal muscles: MYH14/7b and MYH15 are expressed in extraocular muscles and muscle spindles”. J. Physiol. 588 (Pt 2): 353–64. doi:10.1113/jphysiol.2009.181008. PMC 2821527. PMID 19948655.
Olsen JV, Blagoev B, Gnad F, et al. (2006). “Global, in vivo, and site-specific phosphorylation dynamics in signaling networks”. Cell. 127 (3): 635–48. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2006.09.026. PMID 17081983.
Stedman HH, Kozyak BW, Nelson A, et al. (2004). “Myosin gene mutation correlates with anatomical changes in the human lineage”. Nature. 428 (6981): 415–8. doi:10.1038/nature02358. PMID 15042088.
Nagase T, Ishikawa K, Suyama M, et al. (1999). “Prediction of the coding sequences of unidentified human genes. XIII. The complete sequences of 100 new cDNA clones from brain which code for large proteins in vitro”. DNA Res. 6 (1): 63–70. doi:10.1093/dnares/6.1.63. PMID 10231032.
Ota T, Suzuki Y, Nishikawa T, et al. (2004). “Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human cDNAs”. Nat. Genet. 36 (1): 40–5. doi:10.1038/ng1285. PMID 14702039.
McGuigan K, Phillips PC, Postlethwait JH (2004). “Evolution of sarcomeric myosin heavy chain genes: evidence from fish”. Mol. Biol. Evol. 21 (6): 1042–56. doi:10.1093/molbev/msh103. PMID 15014174.
Shiffman D, O’Meara ES, Bare LA, et al. (2008). “Association of gene variants with incident myocardial infarction in the Cardiovascular Health Study”. Arterioscler. Thromb. Vasc. Biol. 28 (1): 173–9. doi:10.1161/ATVBAHA.107.153981. PMC 2636623. PMID 17975119.
Bare LA, Morrison AC, Rowland CM, et al. (2007). “Five common gene variants identify elevated genetic risk for coronary heart disease”. Genet. Med. 9 (10): 682–9. doi:10.1097/GIM.0b013e318156fb62. PMID 18073581.

[pmid11919279-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Desjardins PR, Burkman JM, Shrager JB, Allmond LA, Stedman HH (April 2002). “Evolutionary implications of three novel members of the human sarcomeric myosin heavy chain gene family”. Mol. Biol. Evol. 19 (4): 375–93. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a004093. PMID 11919279.

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MYH15

Function

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