MYLK2 myosin light chain kinase 2
Gene ID: 85366, updated on 4-Jan-2025Gene type: protein coding
Also known as: KMLC; MLCK; MLCK2; skMLCK
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Summary
This gene encodes a myosin light chain kinase, a calcium/calmodulin dependent enzyme, that is exclusively expressed in adult skeletal muscle. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Associated conditions
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| Description | Tests |
|---|---|
| Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 1 | not available |
Genomic context
- Location:
- 20q11.21
- Sequence:
- Chromosome: 20; NC_000020.11 (31819356..31834684)
- Total number of exons:
- 13
Variation
| Resource | Links for this gene |
|---|---|
| ClinVar | Variants reported to ClinVar |
| dbVar | Studies and variants |
| SNP | Variation Viewer for MYLK2 variants |
| Genome viewer | Explore NCBI-annotated and select non-NCBI annotated genome assemblies |
- ClinVarRelated medical variations
- dbVarLink from Gene to dbVar
- MedGenRelated information in MedGen
- MYLK2 database
- OMIMLink to related OMIM entry
- PubMed (OMIM)Gene links to PubMed derived from omim_pubmed_cited links
- RefSeq RNAsLink to Nucleotide RefSeq RNAs
- RefSeqGeneLink to Nucleotide RefSeqGenes
- Variation ViewerRelated Variants
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