Target Information
Cardiac muscle myosin is a hexamer consisting of two heavy chain subunits, two light chain subunits, and two regulatory subunits. This gene encodes the alpha heavy chain subunit of cardiac myosin. The gene is located 4kb downstream of the gene encoding the beta heavy chain subunit of cardiac myosin. Mutations in this gene cause familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and atrial septal defect 3.
Synonyms
A830009F23Rik; AA517445; alpha cardiac MHC; alpha myosin; alpha-MHC; ASD3; beta myosin heavy chain; beta-MHC; B-MHC; cardiac muscle myosin heavy chain 7 beta; cardiac myosin heavy chain alpha isoform; cardiac myosin heavy chain beta isoform; cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic 1; CMD1EE; CMD1S; CMH1; CMH14; MPD1; Myh6; MYH7; MYH-beta/slow; MYHC; MYHCA; Myhc-a; MyHC-alpha; Myhcb; Myhc-b; MyHC-beta; MyHC-I; myhc-slow; myopathy, distal 1; myosin heavy chain 6; Myosin heavy chain 7; myosin heavy chain polypeptide 6 cardiac muscle adult; myosin heavy chain polypeptide 7 cardiac muscle fetal; myosin heavy chain slow isoform; Myosin heavy chain, cardiac muscle alpha isoform; Myosin heavy chain, cardiac muscle alpha isoform (MyHC-alpha); myosin heavy chain, cardiac muscle beta isoform; myosin heavy chain, cardiac muscle, adult; myosin heavy chain, cardiac muscle, fetal; myosin heavy chain, polypeptide 6, cardiac muscle, alpha; myosin heavy chain, polypeptide 7; myosin, heavy chain 6, cardiac muscle, alpha; myosin, heavy chain 7, cardiac muscle, beta; myosin, heavy polypeptide 6, cardiac muscle, alpha; myosin, heavy polypeptide 6, cardiac muscle, alpha (cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic 1); myosin, heavy polypeptide 7, cardiac muscle, beta; myosin-6; Myosin-7; rhabdomyosarcoma antigen MU-RMS-40.7A; SPMD; SPMM; SSS3