MYL2, also named as MLC-2v and MLC-2, is ventricular/cardiac muscle isoform. Defects in MYL2 are the cause of cardiomyopathy familial hypertrophic type 10 (CMH10). Defects in MYL2 are the cause of cardiomyopathy familial hypertrophic with mid-left ventricular chamber type 2 (MVC2). MYL2 has been widely used as a marker of mature ventricular cardiomyocytes.