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Gene

MYLK4

myosin light chain kinase family member 4

Summary

Cytogenetic location
6p25.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 6: 2,663,637–2,750,922 (GRCh38)
Exons
13 exons across 87.3 kb
Protein
388 amino acids
Also known as
SgK085
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000274643.9NM_001012418.5
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

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 MYLK4 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How MYLK4 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 6, with a bracket where MYLK4 sits. MYLK4 and 9 genes near it on chromosome 6, from 2,207,280 to 3,207,279.Chromosome 66p25.2p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q16.1q16.2q16.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q26q272.4 Mb2.6 Mb2.8 Mb3 Mb3.2 MbGMDS: 1,622,884–2,245,711, reverse strandGMDSMYLK4: 2,663,637–2,750,922, reverse strandMYLK4WRNIP1: 2,765,323–2,791,517, forward strandWRNIP1SERPINB1: 2,832,332–2,842,035, reverse strandSERPINB1SERPINB9: 2,887,169–2,903,318, reverse strandSERPINB9SERPINB6: 2,944,468–2,972,375, reverse strandSERPINB6NQO2: 2,987,987–3,022,745, forward strandNQO2RIPK1: 3,063,824–3,115,188, forward strandRIPK1BPHL: 3,118,374–3,153,661, forward strandBPHLTUBB2A: 3,153,497–3,157,553, reverse strandTUBB2ADiagram of MYLK4: 13 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 6Exon 13: 2,663,637–2,667,899, 4,263 basesExon 12: 2,671,276–2,671,348, 73 basesExon 11: 2,675,047–2,675,125, 79 basesExon 10: 2,678,220–2,678,372, 153 basesExon 9: 2,679,280–2,679,408, 129 basesExon 8: 2,680,221–2,680,291, 71 basesExon 7: 2,683,021–2,683,162, 142 basesExon 6: 2,685,296–2,685,405, 110 basesExon 5: 2,685,483–2,685,576, 94 basesExon 4: 2,688,851–2,688,956, 106 basesExon 3: 2,692,784–2,692,859, 76 basesExon 2: 2,749,136–2,749,406, 271 basesExon 1: 2,750,736–2,750,922, 187 bases131210864215′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 5.8 kb of the gene's 87.3 kb; 1,167 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.). MYLK4 gene: myosin light chain kinase family member 4. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/mylk4

Vancouver

Dante Labs. MYLK4 gene: myosin light chain kinase family member 4 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/mylk4

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