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Facts about Heat shock protein beta-8.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | HSPB8 |
| Uniprot: | Q9UJY1 |
| Entrez: | 26353 |

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

Alpha-crystallin C chain; CMT2L; CRYAC; DHMN2; E2IG1; E2IG1E2-induced gene 1 protein; H11; H11DHMN2; heat shock 22kDa protein 8; heat shock 27kDa protein 8; heat shock protein beta-8; HMN2; HMN2A; HSP22; HSP22CMT2L; HSPB8; Protein kinase H11; Small stress protein-like protein HSP22
Mass (kDA):
21.604 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 12q24.23 |
| Sequence: | 12; NC_000012.12 (119178931..119194746) |
Predominantly expressed in skeletal muscle and heart.
Cytoplasm. Nucleus. Translocates to nuclear foci during heat shock.






PMID: 11085516 by Charpentier A.H., et al. Effects of estrogen on global gene expression: identification of novel targets of estrogen action.
PMID: 11342557 by Benndorf R., et al. HSP22, a new member of the small heat shock protein superfamily, interacts with mimic of phosphorylated HSP27 (3DHSP27).