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Designing a Western blot for Heat shock protein beta-6? 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 HSPB6 Western Blot GuideFacts about Heat shock protein beta-6.
Plays a role in regulating muscle function such as smooth muscle vasorelaxation and cardiac myocyte contractility. May regulate myocardial angiogenesis implicating KDR.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | HSPB6 |
| Uniprot: | O14558 |
| Entrez: | 126393 |

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

FLJ32389; Heat shock 20 kDa-like protein p20; heat shock protein beta-6; heat shock protein, alpha-crystallin-related, B6; HSP20; HSPB6
Mass (kDA):
17.136 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 19q13.12 |
| Sequence: | 19; NC_000019.10 (35754566..35757029, complement) |
Cytoplasm. Nucleus. Secreted. Translocates to nuclear foci during heat shock.





PMID: 8195168 by Kato K., et al. Purification and characterization of a 20-kDa protein that is highly homologous to alpha B crystallin.
PMID: 19845507 by Fuchs M., et al. Identification of the key structural motifs involved in HspB8/HspB6- Bag3 interaction.