Gene:
myosin, heavy polypeptide 7, cardiac muscle, beta
Gene ID:
207812
Symbol:
MYH7
Species:
1000
Description:
MYH7 encodes the cardiac muscle beta (or slow) isoform of myosin. Changes in the relative abundance of MYH7 and MYH6 (the alpha, or fast, isoform of cardiac myosin heavy chain) correlate with the contractile velocity of cardiac muscle. Mutations in MYH7 are associated with familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.