| Immunogen | Myosinpurifiedfrommyofibrilsisolatedfromhistochemicallymixedhumanskeletalmuscle. |
| Epitope | slowmuscle |
| Clone | NOQ7.5.4D |
| Concentration | PleaserefertotheCertificateofAnalysisforthelot-specificconcentration. |
| Host | Mouse |
| Specificity | Slowmyosinheavychain.ClearlyidentifiesType1fibers.WithinskeletalmuscleMAB1628isspecificforslowmyosinheavychaininawidevarietyofspecies.Itreactsstronglywithratandfelineslowmyosinheavychain.MAB1628alsoidentifiesbeta(slow)myosinheavychaininheartventricles. |
| Isotype | IgG |
| SpeciesReactivity | |
| AntibodyType | MonoclonalAntibody |
| EntrezGeneNumber | |
| EntrezGeneSummary | MYH7encodesthecardiacmusclebeta(orslow)isoformofmyosin.ChangesintherelativeabundanceofMYH7andMYH6(thealpha,orfast,isoformofcardiacmyosinheavychain)correlatewiththecontractilevelocityofcardiacmuscle.MutationsinMYH7areassociatedwithfamilialhypertrophiccardiomyopathy. |
| GeneSymbol | - MYH7
- Myosin-7
- MYHCB
- MyHC-beta
- CMD1S
- MGC138378
- MPD1
- DKFZp451F047
- MGC138376
- CMH1
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| UniProtNumber | |
| UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:SwissProt:P12883#Musclecontraction. SIZE:1935aminoacids;223097Da SUBUNIT:Musclemyosinisahexamericproteinthatconsistsof2heavychainsubunits(MHC),2alkalilightchainsubunits(MLC)and2regulatorylightchainsubunits(MLC-2). SUBCELLULARLOCATION:Cytoplasm,myofibril.Note=Thickfilamentsofthemyofibrils. DOMAIN:SwissProt:P12883Therodliketailsequenceishighlyrepetitive,showingcyclesofa28-residuerepeatpatterncomposedof4heptapeptides,characteristicforalpha-helicalcoiledcoils. DISEASE:SwissProt:P12883#DefectsinMYH7arethecauseoffamilialhypertrophiccardiomyopathytype1(CMH1)[MIM:192600];alsodesignatedFHCorHCM.Hypertrophiccardiomyopathyisaheartdisordercharacterizedbyventricularhypertrophy,whichisusuallyasymmetricandofteninvolvestheinterventricularseptum.Theprevalenceofthediseaseinthegeneralpopulationis0.2%.FHCisclinicallyheterogeneous,withinter-andintrafamilialvariationsrangingfrombenigntomalignantformswithhighriskofcardiacfailureandsuddencardiacdeath.&DefectsinMYH7arethecauseofmyosinstoragemyopathy[MIM:608358].Inthisdisorder,musclebiopsyshowstype1fiberpredominanceandincreasedinterstitialfatandconnectivetissue.Inclusionbodiesconsistingofthebetacardiacmyosinheavychainarepresentinthemajorityoftype1fibers,butnotintype2fibers.&DefectsinMYH7areacauseofdilatedcardiomyopathy(CMD)[MIM:115200].CMDisadisordercharacterizedbycardiacdilationandreducedsystolicfunction.&DefectsinMYH7arethecauseofLaingearly-onsetdistalmyopathy(MPD1)[MIM:160500].MPD1isanautosomaldominantdisorderwhichdiffersfromotherdistalmyopathiesinthatonsetisasearlyas4yearsofage.SelectiveweaknessoftheanteriortibialmusclesisfollowedbyweaknessofthefingerextensorsandselectedproximalmusclegroupssuchasthehipaBDuctorsandrotators,theshoulderabductorsandthesternocleidomastoids. SIMILARITY:Contains1IQdomain.&Contains1myosinhead-likedomain. MISCELLANEOUS:Eachmyosinheavychaincanbesplitinto1lightmeromyosin(LMM)and1heavymeromyosin(HMM).Itcanlaterbesplitfurtherinto2globularsubfragments(S1)and1rod-shapedsubfragment(S2).&Thecardiacalphaisoformisa"fast"ATPasemyosin,whilethebetaisoformisa"slow"ATPase. |