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Facts about Myosin light chain kinase 2, skeletal/cardiac muscle.
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| Human | |
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| Gene Name: | MYLK2 |
| Uniprot: | Q9H1R3 |
| Entrez: | 85366 |

| Belongs to: |
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| protein kinase superfamily |

EC 2.7.11; EC 2.7.11.18; KMLC; MLCK2MLCK; myosin light chain kinase 2; myosin light chain kinase 2, skeletal/cardiac muscle; skeletal muscle; skMLCK
Mass (kDA):
64.685 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 20q11.21 |
| Sequence: | 20; NC_000020.11 (31819356..31834684) |
Heart and skeletal muscles. Increased expression in the apical tissue compared to the interventricular septal tissue.
Cytoplasm. Colocalizes with phosphorylated myosin light chain (RLCP) at filaments of the myofibrils.






PMID: 11733062 by Davis J.S., et al. The overall pattern of cardiac contraction depends on a spatial gradient of myosin regulatory light chain phosphorylation.