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Gene

MYL7

myosin light chain 7

Summary

Cytogenetic location
7p13
Coordinates
Chromosome 7: 44,138,864–44,141,332 (GRCh38)
Exons
7 exons across 2.5 kb
Protein
175 amino acids
Also known as
MYLC2A, MYL2A
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000223364.7NM_021223.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How MYL7 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 7, with a bracket where MYL7 sits. MYL7 and 21 genes near it on chromosome 7, from 43,640,098 to 44,640,097.Chromosome 77p13p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p15.3p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q31.1q31.2q31.31q31.32q31.33q32.1q32.2q32.3q33q34q35q36.1q36.2q36.343.8 Mb44 Mb44.2 Mb44.4 Mb44.6 MbCOA1: 43,552,389–43,729,857, reverse strandCOA1STK17A: 43,582,758–43,650,713, forward strandSTK17ABLVRA: 43,758,009–43,808,868, forward strandBLVRAMRPS24: 43,866,556–43,869,893, reverse strandMRPS24URGCP-MRPS24: 43,866,558–43,906,589, reverse strandURGCP-MRPS24URGCP: 43,873,645–43,926,411, reverse strandURGCPUBE2D4: 43,925,799–43,956,136, forward strandUBE2D4SPDYE1: 43,997,897–44,010,124, forward strandSPDYE1DBNL: 44,044,628–44,069,456, forward strandDBNLPGAM2: 44,062,724–44,065,736, reverse strandPGAM2POLM: 44,070,915–44,082,985, reverse strandPOLMAEBP1: 44,104,286–44,114,565, forward strandAEBP1POLD2: 44,114,631–44,124,407, reverse strandPOLD2MYL7: 44,138,864–44,141,332, reverse strandMYL7GCK: 44,143,213–44,198,170, reverse strandGCKYKT6: 44,200,959–44,214,294, forward strandYKT6CAMK2B: 44,209,993–44,334,577, reverse strandCAMK2BNUDCD3: 44,379,119–44,490,919, reverse strandNUDCD3NPC1L1: 44,512,442–44,541,330, reverse strandNPC1L1DDX56: 44,565,416–44,575,388, reverse strandDDX56TMED4: 44,576,392–44,582,309, reverse strandTMED4OGDH: 44,606,496–44,710,116, forward strandOGDHDiagram of MYL7: 7 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 7Exon 7: 44,138,864–44,139,022, 159 basesExon 6: 44,139,521–44,139,569, 49 basesExon 5: 44,139,782–44,139,860, 79 basesExon 4: 44,140,323–44,140,427, 105 basesExon 3: 44,140,712–44,140,787, 76 basesExon 2: 44,140,961–44,141,074, 114 basesExon 1: 44,141,303–44,141,332, 30 bases76543215′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 0.6 kb of the gene's 2.5 kb; 528 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.). MYL7 gene: myosin light chain 7. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/myl7

Vancouver

Dante Labs. MYL7 gene: myosin light chain 7 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/myl7

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