Gene

myh6

ID
ZDB-GENE-031112-1
Name
myosin, heavy chain 6, cardiac muscle, alpha
Symbol
myh6 Nomenclature History
Previous Names
  • myhc6 (1)
  • amhc (1)
  • atrial myosin heavy chain (1)
  • unm s459
  • unm_s459
  • wea
  • weak atrium
Type
protein_coding_gene
Location
Chr: 20 Mapping Details/Browsers
Description
Predicted to have ATP binding activity; actin filament binding activity; and motor activity. Involved in heart contraction and heart development. Predicted to localize to myosin complex. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in atrial heart septal defect (multiple); heart conduction disease (multiple); and intrinsic cardiomyopathy (multiple). Is expressed in cardiac muscle; heart primordium; heart rudiment; and pericardial region. Orthologous to human MYH6 (myosin heavy chain 6).
Genome Resources
Note
None
Comparative Information
Expression
All Expression Data
168 figures from 135 publications
Cross-Species Comparison
High Throughput Data
Thisse Expression Data
Wild Type Expression Summary
Phenotype
All Phenotype Data
32 figures from 12 publications
Cross-Species Comparison
Alliance
Phenotype Summary
Mutations
Mutants
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Human Disease
Associated With myh6 Human Ortholog
Disease Ontology Term Multi-Species Data OMIM Term OMIM Phenotype ID
atrial heart septal defect 3 Alliance Atrial septal defect 3 614089
dilated cardiomyopathy 1EE Alliance Cardiomyopathy, dilated, 1EE 613252
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 14 Alliance Cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic, 14 613251
{Sick sinus syndrome 3} 614090
Associated With myh6 Via Experimental Models
No data available
Gene Ontology
Protein Domains
Domain, Family, and Site Summary
Type InterPro ID Name
Domain IPR001609 Myosin head, motor domain
Domain IPR002928 Myosin tail
Domain IPR004009 Myosin, N-terminal, SH3-like
Homologous_superfamily IPR008989 Myosin S1 fragment, N-terminal
Homologous_superfamily IPR014751 DNA repair protein XRCC4-like, C-terminal
Homologous_superfamily IPR027417 P-loop containing nucleoside triphosphate hydrolase
Homologous_superfamily IPR036961 Kinesin motor domain superfamily
Domain Details Per Protein
Protein Length DNA repair protein XRCC4-like, C-terminal Kinesin motor domain superfamily Myosin head, motor domain Myosin, N-terminal, SH3-like Myosin S1 fragment, N-terminal Myosin tail P-loop containing nucleoside triphosphate hydrolase
UniProtKB:Q6YJK1 1936
Transcripts
Genome Browsers
Type Name Annotation Method Length (nt) Analysis
mRNA myh6-201 (1) Havana 5935 nt
Interactions and Pathways
No data available
Antibodies
Name Type Antigen Genes Isotype Host Organism Assay Source Citations
Ab-S46 monoclonal IgG1 , k Mouse
  • IHC
  • WB
Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank
124
Plasmids
No data available
Constructs
Marker Relationships
Sequences
Orthology
Comparative Orthology
Alliance
Gene Tree
Ensembl
Citations