This gene encodes a muscle-specific small heat shock protein. A mutation in this gene is the cause of autosomal dominant distal hereditary motor neuropathy type 2C.[provided by RefSeq, Sep 2010]
Function:
Inhibitor of actin polymerization.
Subcellular Location:
Cytoplasmic and Nuclear
Similarity:
Belongs to the small heat shock protein (HSP20)
SWISS:
Q12988
Gene ID:
8988
Database links:
Entrez Gene: 8988 Human
Omim: 604624 Human
SwissProt: Q12988 Human
Unigene: 41707 Human
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