Rabbit anti-Human MYL2 Polyclonal Antibody

Uniprot Id

P10916

Target Species

Human

Target Name

MYL2

Target Full Name

Myosin regulatory light chain 2, ventricular/cardiac muscle isoform

Target Function

Contractile protein that plays a role in heart development and function. Following phosphorylation, plays a role in cross-bridge cycling kinetics and cardiac muscle contraction by increasing myosin lever arm stiffness and promoting myosin head diffusion; as a consequence of the increase in maximum contraction force and calcium sensitivity of contraction force. These events altogether slow down myosin kinetics and prolong duty cycle resulting in accumulated myosins being cooperatively recruited to actin binding sites to sustain thin filament activation as a means to fine-tune myofilament calcium sensitivity to force. During cardiogenesis plays an early role in cardiac contractility by promoting cardiac myofibril assembly.

Target Involvement

Cardiomyopathy, familial hypertrophic 10 (CMH10)

Target Subcellular Location

Cytoplasm, myofibril, sarcomere, A band.

Target Research Area

Cardiovascular

Target Synonyms

Cardiac myosin light chain-2; Cardiac ventricular myosin light chain 2; CMH10; MLC 2v ; MLC-2; MLC-2v; MLC2; MLRV_HUMAN; MYL 2; MYL2; Myosin light chain 2 regulatory cardiac slow; Myosin light polypeptide 2 regulatory cardiac slow; Myosin regulatory light chain 2; Myosin regulatory light chain 2 ventricular/cardiac muscle isoform; Regulatory light chain of myosin; RLC of myosin; Slow cardiac myosin regulatory light chain 2; ventricular/cardiac muscle isoform

Target Background

This gene encodes a major sarcomeric protein in mammalian striated muscle. The encoded protein plays a role in embryonic heart muscle structure and function, while phosphorylation of the encoded protein is involved in cardiac myosin cycling kinetics, torsion and function in adults. Mutations in this gene are associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 10 and infant-onset myopathy.