Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable actin monomer binding activity and calcium ion binding activity. Predicted to be a structural constituent of muscle. Involved in heart contraction; heart development; and positive regulation of the force of heart contraction. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including cardiac muscle contraction; heart development; and muscle cell fate specification. Located in myofibril. Is expressed in several structures, including aorta; embryo mesoderm; eye; heart; and triceps surae muscle. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 10. Orthologous to human MYL2 (myosin light chain 2).