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Gene

MYH1

myosin heavy chain 1

Summary

Cytogenetic location
17p13.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 17: 10,492,307–10,518,542 (GRCh38)
Exons
40 exons across 26.2 kb
Protein
1,939 amino acids
Also known as
MYHSA1, MYHa, MyHC-2X/D, MGC133384
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000226207.6NM_005963.4
Locus type
gene with protein product

Reference genomeGRCh38

Positions on gene and variant pages follow this choice, in this browser.

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads MYH1 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How MYH1 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 17, with a bracket where MYH1 sits. MYH1 and 11 genes near it on chromosome 17, from 10,005,425 to 11,005,424.Chromosome 1717p13.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.310.2 Mb10.4 Mb10.6 Mb10.8 Mb11 MbGAS7: 9,910,606–10,198,912, reverse strandGAS7MYH13: 10,300,865–10,373,130, reverse strandMYH13MYH8: 10,390,322–10,421,950, reverse strandMYH8MYH4: 10,443,290–10,469,559, reverse strandMYH4MYH1: 10,492,307–10,518,542, reverse strandMYH1MYH2: 10,521,147–10,549,700, reverse strandMYH2MYH3: 10,628,526–10,657,309, reverse strandMYH3SCO1: 10,672,474–10,698,375, reverse strandSCO1ADPRM: 10,697,247–10,713,286, forward strandADPRMTMEM220: 10,699,015–10,730,380, reverse strandTMEM220TMEM238L: 10,794,908–10,804,104, reverse strandTMEM238LPIRT: 10,822,470–10,838,106, reverse strandPIRTDiagram of MYH1: 40 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 17Exon 40: 10,492,307–10,492,568, 262 basesExon 39: 10,494,354–10,494,449, 96 basesExon 38: 10,494,569–10,494,673, 105 basesExon 37: 10,494,931–10,495,101, 171 basesExon 36: 10,495,192–10,495,317, 126 basesExon 35: 10,495,950–10,496,153, 204 basesExon 34: 10,496,241–10,496,549, 309 basesExon 33: 10,497,069–10,497,193, 125 basesExon 32: 10,497,287–10,497,452, 166 basesExon 31: 10,497,734–10,497,917, 184 basesExon 30: 10,498,626–10,498,822, 197 basesExon 29: 10,498,974–10,499,092, 119 basesExon 28: 10,500,626–10,500,752, 127 basesExon 27: 10,501,110–10,501,499, 390 basesExon 26: 10,501,594–10,501,684, 91 basesExon 25: 10,501,766–10,501,911, 146 basesExon 24: 10,502,738–10,502,914, 177 basesExon 23: 10,503,006–10,503,248, 243 basesExon 22: 10,504,810–10,505,065, 256 basesExon 21: 10,505,163–10,505,299, 137 basesExon 20: 10,505,388–10,505,511, 124 basesExon 19: 10,505,812–10,505,929, 118 basesExon 18: 10,506,012–10,506,099, 88 basesExon 17: 10,507,886–10,507,956, 71 basesExon 16: 10,508,363–10,508,672, 310 basesExon 15: 10,509,485–10,509,655, 171 basesExon 14: 10,511,839–10,511,988, 150 basesExon 13: 10,512,074–10,512,192, 119 basesExon 12: 10,512,408–10,512,546, 139 basesExon 11: 10,512,681–10,512,784, 104 basesExon 10: 10,512,867–10,512,965, 99 basesExon 9: 10,513,626–10,513,689, 64 basesExon 8: 10,513,821–10,513,913, 93 basesExon 7: 10,514,010–10,514,124, 115 basesExon 6: 10,514,868–10,514,895, 28 basesExon 5: 10,515,926–10,516,082, 157 basesExon 4: 10,516,199–10,516,342, 144 basesExon 3: 10,516,439–10,516,682, 244 basesExon 2: 10,518,240–10,518,270, 31 basesExon 1: 10,518,520–10,518,542, 23 bases40353025201510515′3′

Exons of the gene's MANE Select transcript (release v1.5), from NCBI and EMBL-EBI, on the GRCh38 reference genome.

Chromosome bands from UCSC's GRCh38 ideogram (2022-10-29).

Nearby genes from Ensembl release 116, on GRCh38.

Exons make up 6 kb of the gene's 26.2 kb; 5,820 of those bases code for the protein.

Where this comes from

  • HGNC: the gene's symbol, name, other symbols and location.
  • MANE Select v1.5, from NCBI and EMBL-EBI: the transcript, its exons and coding sequence.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). MYH1 gene: myosin heavy chain 1. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/myh1

Vancouver

Dante Labs. MYH1 gene: myosin heavy chain 1 [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/myh1

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