HSPB3

Heat shock protein beta-3 (HspB3) also known as heat shock 27kDa protein 3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HSPB3 gene.

Function

This gene encodes a muscle-specific small heat shock protein.

Clinical significance

A mutation in this gene is the cause of autosomal dominant distal hereditary motor neuropathy type 2C.

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