Genopathy
Gene-Disorder Association · Article
Gene
MYH7
Myosin Heavy Chain 7
Disorder
Myopathy, Distal, 1
First reported 2004
Supporting publications 17
Key publication · gene–disorder Mutations in the slow skeletal muscle fiber myosin heavy chain gene (MYH7) cause laing early-onset distal myopathy (MPD1).American journal of human genetics · 2004
Key publication · disorder Periodic charge distributions in the myosin rod amino acid sequence match cross-bridge spacings in muscle.Nature · 1982
Manually curated
Association Review

In brief

The association between MYH7 (Myosin Heavy Chain 7) and Myopathy, Distal, 1 is well established and manually curated, with its 5 contributing sources — 4 of them expert-curated — recording a known molecular basis, pathogenic variants, and a causative germline mutation.

Sources 5
Clinical variants 395
Symptoms 62
Compounds 0
Trials 0
Publications 17
01
At a glance

Association overview

A cited synthesis of the gene–disorder association, with a clinical-actionability summary where the evidence supports one.

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02
Provenance

Evidence and sources

5 sources

Every contributing database and publication behind this association, with evidence type, strength, accessions and deep links.

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03
MYH7

The gene

2 source summaries

A gene summary alongside the source descriptions it was distilled from.

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04
Myopathy, Distal, 1

The disorder

11 database identifiers

The disorder’s summary, prevalence, aliases and cross-reference identifiers (OMIM, Orphanet, MONDO, ICD-10, MedGen).

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05
Phenotype

Clinical features

34 clinical features

The disorder’s clinical features (HPO) grouped by body system, each with observed frequency and penetrance.

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06
ClinVar and variant evidence

Genetic basis

395 clinical variants

ClinVar variants reported for this pair, with disorder-specific significance, review status, molecular consequence and origin.

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Mechanism overlap

Shared mechanisms

Biological pathways and phenotype concepts shared by the gene and the disorder, with supporting publications.

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Literature

Reading

17 publications

Publications linking the gene and the disorder, with title, authors, journal, year and citation metrics.

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09
Provenance

References & sources

18 references

Every source and publication cited across this dossier, as one numbered reference list.

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