HSPA1B

heat shock protein family A (Hsp70) member 1B

Summary

This intronless gene encodes a 70kDa heat shock protein which is a member of the heat shock protein 70 family. In conjuction with other heat shock proteins, this protein stabilizes existing proteins against aggregation and mediates the folding of newly translated proteins in the cytosol and in organelles. It is also involved in the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway through interaction with the AU-rich element RNA-binding protein 1. The gene is located in the major histocompatibility complex class III region, in a cluster with two closely related genes which encode similar proteins. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Known Variants14 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs27639796:31,794,592C/Tregulatory region variantassociation
rs172075596:31,794,963T/Gregulatory region variant
rs64574526:31,795,550C/Tassociation
rs115760126:31,795,619C/G
rs7488235676:31,795,920A/Guncertain significance
rs12942807136:31,796,194A/Guncertain significance
rs178549266:31,797,272C/Guncertain significance
rs7597012576:31,797,381G/Auncertain significance
rs562802206:31,797,422G/Csynonymous variant
rs12675060416:31,797,456G/Auncertain significance
rs5396896:31,797,587C/Gsynonymous variant
rs24811410796:31,797,613G/Auncertain significance
rs5587987786:31,797,627G/Auncertain significance
rs12941870546:31,797,628G/Auncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.