MB (A79G) (myoglobin gene)

The gene is present in the following complexes:

DNA diagnostics for a predisposition to high sporting achievements

The iron-containing protein of muscle cells — an analogue of red blood cells’ hemoglobin. The myoglobin gene is responsible for the transport of oxygen in skeletal muscles and in the heart muscle; the storage (deposition) of molecular oxygen and its transfer to the oxidative systems of cells.