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MYL6

Myosin light polypeptide 6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MYL6 gene.[1][2][3][4]

Myosin is a hexameric ATPase cellular motor protein. It is composed of two heavy chains, two nonphosphorylatable alkali light chains, and two phosphorylatable regulatory light chains. This gene encodes a myosin alkali light chain that is expressed in smooth muscle and non-muscle tissues. Genomic sequences representing several pseudogenes have been described and two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been identified for this gene.[4]

References

References

  1. Bora PS, Bora NS, Wu X, Kaplan HJ, Lange LG (Jun 1994). “Molecular cloning, sequencing, and characterization of smooth muscle myosin alkali light chain from human eye cDNA: homology with myocardial fatty acid ethyl ester synthase-III cDNA”. Genomics. 19 (1): 186–8. doi:10.1006/geno.1994.1041. PMID 8188229.
  2. Hailstones DL, Gunning PW (Mar 1990). “Characterization of human myosin light chains 1sa and 3nm: implications for isoform evolution and function”. Mol Cell Biol. 10 (3): 1095–104. PMC 360973. PMID 2304459.
  3. Lenz S, Lohse P, Seidel U, Arnold HH (Jun 1989). “The alkali light chains of human smooth and nonmuscle myosins are encoded by a single gene. Tissue-specific expression by alternative splicing pathways”. J Biol Chem. 264 (15): 9009–15. PMID 2722814.
  4. 4.0 4.1 “Entrez Gene: MYL6 myosin, light chain 6, alkali, smooth muscle and non-muscle”.
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