HSPB6
Sign in to saveAlso known as HEL55, Hsp20, PPP1R91, heat shock protein family B (small) member 6
Heat shock protein beta-6 (HSPB6) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HSPB6 gene.
Gene data
HSPB6- Name
- heat shock protein family B (small) member 6
- Type
- protein-coding
- Position
- 35,754,566–35,758,079 (−)
- Aliases
- HEL55, Hsp20, PPP1R91
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000004776
- RefSeq RNA
- NM_144617.3
- RefSeq protein
- NP_653218.1
This locus encodes a heat shock protein. The encoded protein likely plays a role in smooth muscle relaxation. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2012].
Gene Ontology
Biological process
Molecular function
via MyGene.info
Gene · Ensembl
heat shock protein family B (small) member 6
- Symbol
- HSPB6
- Biotype
- Protein coding
- Organism
- Homo sapiens
- Location
- 19:35,754,566-35,758,079
- Strand
- Reverse (−)
- Assembly
- GRCh38
via Ensembl · EMBL-EBI
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Heat shock protein beta-6 (HSPB6) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HSPB6 gene.
HSPB6 is a 17-kDa member of the heat shock family of proteins. HSPB6 was first identified in 1994 when it was isolated from rat and human skeletal muscle as a complex with HSPB1 (also known as HSP27) and HSPB5 (also known as αB-crystallin).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “HSPB6” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.