myosin heavy chain

Function

• heavy chain of myosin
• muscle contraction

Structure

• muscle myosin is a hexameric protein that consists of
  • 2 myosin heavy chain subunits
  • 2 myosin essential light chain subunits
  • 2 myosin regulatory light chain subunits

More general terms

• protein subunit
• oligomerizing protein

More specific terms

• myosin heavy chain 10; myosin-10; myosin heavy chain, non-muscle IIb; non-muscle myosin heavy chain IIb; NMMHC II-b; NMMHC-IIB; cellular myosin heavy chain, type B; non-muscle myosin heavy chain B; NMMHC-B (MYH10)
• myosin heavy chain 11; myosin-11; myosin heavy chain, smooth muscle isoform; SMMHC (MYH11, KIAA0866)
• myosin heavy chain 12; myosin-Va; Dilute myosin heavy chain, non-muscle; myosin-12; myoxin (MYO5A, MYH12)
• myosin heavy chain 13; myosin-13; myosin heavy chain, skeletal muscle, extraocular; MyHC-eo (MYH13)
• myosin heavy chain 15 (MYH15, KIAA1000)
• myosin heavy chain 1; myosin-1; myosin heavy chain 2x; MyHC-2x; myosin heavy chain, skeletal muscle, adult 1; myosin heavy chain IIx/d; MyHC-IIx/d (MYH1)
• myosin heavy chain 2; myosin heavy chain 2a; MyHC-2a; myosin heavy chain IIa; MyHC-IIa; myosin heavy chain, skeletal muscle, adult 2 (MYH2, MYHSA2)
• myosin heavy chain 3; myosin heavy chain, fast skeletal muscle, embryonic; muscle embryonic myosin heavy chain; SMHCE (MYH3)
• myosin heavy chain 4; myosin heavy chain 2b; MyHC-2b; myosin heavy chain IIb; MyHC-IIb; myosin heavy chain, skeletal muscle, fetal (MYH4)
• myosin heavy chain 6; myosin-6; myosin heavy chain, cardiac muscle alpha isoform; MyHC-alpha (MYH6, MYHCA)
• myosin heavy chain 7; myosin-7; myosin heavy chain beta, cardiac muscle isoform; MyHC-beta; myosin heavy chain slow isoform; MyHC-slow (MYH7, MYHCB)
• myosin heavy chain 7B, cardiac muscle beta isoform; myosin cardiac muscle beta chain; antigen MLAA-21; Slow A MYH14 (MYH7B, KIAA1512)
• myosin heavy chain 8; myosin-8; myosin heavy chain, skeletal muscle, perinatal; MyHC-perinatal (MYH8)
• myosin heavy chain 9; myosin-9; myosin heavy chain, non-muscle IIa; non-muscle myosin heavy chain IIa; NMMHC II-a; NMMHC-IIA; cellular myosin heavy chain, type A; non-muscle myosin heavy chain A; NMMHC-A (MYH9)
• myosin heavy chain-14 (myosin-14, myosin heavy chain, nonmuscle IIc, nonmuscle myosin heavy chain IIc, NMHC II-C, MYH14, KIAA2034, FP17425)

Component of

• myosin