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Facts about Heat shock protein beta-7.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | HSPB7 |
Uniprot: | Q9UBY9 |
Entrez: | 27129 |
Belongs to: |
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small heat shock protein (HSP20) family |
Cardiovascular heat shock protein; cvHSP; DKFZp779D0968; FLJ32733; heat shock 27kDa protein family, member 7 (cardiovascular); heat shock protein beta-7; HspB7; member 7 (cardiovascular)
Mass (kDA):
18.611 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 1p36.13 |
Sequence: | 1; NC_000001.11 (16014028..16019594, complement) |
Isoform 1 is highly expressed in adult and fetal heart, skeletal muscle, and at a much lower levels in adipose tissue and in aorta. Undetectable in other tissues. Isoform 2 and isoform 3 are poorly detected in heart.
Cytoplasm. Nucleus. Nucleus, Cajal body. Resides in sub-nuclear structures known as SC35 speckles or nuclear splicing speckles.
PMID: 10593960 by Krief S., et al. Identification and characterization of cvHsp. A novel human small stress protein selectively expressed in cardiovascular and insulin- sensitive tissues.
PMID: 19464326 by Vos M.J., et al. HSPB7 is a SC35 speckle resident small heat shock protein.