MYF6

MYF6
Identifiers
Aliases MYF6, CNM3, MRF4, bHLHc4, myf-6, Myf6, myogenic factor 6
External IDs MGI: 97253 HomoloGene: 1850 GeneCards: MYF6
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

4618

17878

Ensembl

ENSG00000111046

ENSMUSG00000035923

UniProt

P23409

P15375

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_002469

NM_008657

RefSeq (protein)

NP_002460.1

NP_032683.1

Location (UCSC) Chr 12: 80.71 – 80.71 Mb Chr 10: 107.49 – 107.49 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
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Myogenic factor 6 (herculin) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MYF6 gene. [3] Also known in the medical literature as MRF4 and herculin), MYF6 is a myogenic regulatory factor (MRF) in the process known as myogenesis.[4][5]

Function

MYF6 is a member of the myogenic factors (MYF) family that regulate myogenesis and muscle regeneration. Myogenic factor are basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factors. Defects in this gene are a cause of autosomal dominant centronuclear myopathy (ADCNM).

Clinical significance

Mutations in the MYF6 gene are associated with myopathy.[6]

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. "Entrez Gene: Myogenic factor 6 (herculin)". Retrieved 2013-08-19.
  4. Braun T, Bober E, Winter B, Rosenthal N, Arnold HH (March 1990). "Myf-6, a new member of the human gene family of myogenic determination factors: evidence for a gene cluster on chromosome 12". EMBO J. 9 (3): 821–31. PMC 551742Freely accessible. PMID 2311584.
  5. Cupelli L, Renault B, Leblanc-Straceski J, Banks A, Ward D, Kucherlapati RS, Krauter K (1996). "Assignment of the human myogenic factors 5 and 6 (MYF5, MYF6) gene cluster to 12q21 by in situ hybridization and physical mapping of the locus between D12S350 and D12S106". Cytogenet. Cell Genet. 72 (2–3): 250–1. doi:10.1159/000134201. PMID 8978788.
  6. Kerst B, Mennerich D, Schuelke M, Stoltenburg-Didinger G, von Moers A, Gossrau R, van Landeghem FK, Speer A, Braun T, Hübner C (December 2000). "Heterozygous myogenic factor 6 mutation associated with myopathy and severe course of Becker muscular dystrophy". Neuromuscul. Disord. 10 (8): 572–7. doi:10.1016/S0960-8966(00)00150-4. PMID 11053684.

Further reading

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