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Designing a Western blot for Heat shock protein beta-2? The guide has the expected band size, antibodies backed by real blot images, the controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
Open the HSPB2 Western Blot GuideDesigning an IHC experiment for Heat shock protein beta-2? The guide has the expected staining pattern, antigen retrieval and fixation, antibodies backed by real IHC images, the tissue controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
Open the HSPB2 IHC GuideFacts about Heat shock protein beta-2.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | HSPB2 |
| Uniprot: | Q16082 |
| Entrez: | 3316 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| small heat shock protein (HSP20) family |

10 kDa chaperonin; 10 kDa heat shock protein, mitochondrial; Chaperonin 10 Homolog; Chaperonin 10; CPN10HSP10; Early-pregnancy factor; EPF; GroES; heat shock 10kD protein 1 (chaperonin 10); heat shock 10kDa protein 1 (chaperonin 10); HSP10; HSPE1
Mass (kDA):
20.233 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 11q23.1 |
| Sequence: | 11; NC_000011.10 (111912734..111914093) |
Expressed preferentially in skeletal muscle and heart but not in the lens.
Cytoplasm. Nucleus. Localizes to nuclear foci.





PMID: 9344664 by Iwaki A., et al. Identification and characterization of the gene encoding a new member of the alpha-crystallin/small hsp family, closely linked to the alphaB-crystallin gene in a head-to-head manner.
PMID: 9490724 by Suzuki A., et al. MKBP, a novel member of the small heat shock protein family, binds and activates the myotonic dystrophy protein kinase.