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MYH2

Chr 17p13.1

myosin heavy chain 2

Aliases:
MYH2A, MYHSA2, MyHC-IIa, MYHas8, MyHC-2A
MANE:
ENST00000245503.10

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Predicted protein structure

Clinical relevance (Genomics England PanelApp)

Diagnostic Grade (Green)

  • Congenital myopathy

    BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Fetal anomalies

    BOTH monoallelic and biallelic, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Arthrogryposis

    MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown

Disease associations (Open Targets)

  • myopathy, proximal, and ophthalmoplegia

    0.78
  • Hereditary inclusion body myopathy - joint contractures - ophthalmoplegia

    0.69
  • childhood-onset autosomal recessive myopathy with external ophthalmoplegia

    0.66
  • hereditary inclusion body myopathy-joint contractures-ophthalmoplegia syndrome

    0.44
  • cutaneous leishmaniasis

    0.37
  • myopathy

    0.33
  • skin disorder

    0.28
  • hereditary disease

    0.19
  • limb-girdle muscular dystrophy

    0.12
  • muscular dystrophy

    0.12

Score is the Open Targets composite evidence score (0-1). Higher = stronger gene-disease association.

Protein function (UniProt)

Myosin-2

Myosins are actin-based motor molecules with ATPase activity essential for muscle contraction

Data sources: HGNC (CC BY 4.0), AlphaFold (CC BY 4.0, Jumper et al. Nature 2021), Genomics England PanelApp (CC BY 4.0), ClinGen, Open Targets (CC0), UniProt.

Not for sole clinical decision-making. Always verify against primary sources.