Description
Product Characteristics:
Myosin is a protein which is known to interact with actin in muscle and non-muscle cells. It contains two identical heavy chains and four light chains. Myosin molecules consist of two major regions: tails (rods) and heads. They aggregate into filaments through the tail region and interact with actin and with ATP through the head region. Multiple forms of myosin heavy chains exist for each muscle type-skeletal, cardiac, smooth and non-muscle isomyosin forms exist in different types of skeletal muscle, depending on the physiological function of the muscle. They are designated at type I (slow twitch) and type II (fast twitch).
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm
Synonyms: adult 1, MGC133384, Myh 1, Myh1, MYH1_HUMAN, MyHC-IIx/d, MYHSA1, MYL1, Myosin 1, Myosin heavy chain 1, Myosin heavy chain 1 skeletal muscle adult, Myosin heavy chain, Myosin heavy chain IIx/d, Myosin heavy chain skeletal muscle adult 1, Myosin light chain 1 alkali skeletal fast, Myosin-1, Myosin1, skeletal muscle.
Target Information: Myosin is a major contractile protein which converts chemical energy into mechanical energy through the hydrolysis of ATP. Myosin is a hexameric protein composed of a pair of myosin heavy chains (MYH) and two pairs of nonidentical light chains. Myosin heavy chains are encoded by a multigene family. In mammals at least 10 different myosin heavy chain (MYH) isoforms have been described from striated, smooth, and nonmuscle cells. These isoforms show expression that is spatially and temporally regulated during development. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]