Entrez 10049 | Ensembl ENSG00000105993 | |
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Aliases DNAJB6, Dnajb6, Mrj, mDj4, DJ4, DnaJ, HHDJ1, HSJ-2, HSJ2, LGMD1D, LGMD1E, MSJ-1, DnaJ heat shock protein family (Hsp40) member B6 External IDs MGI: 1344381 HomoloGene: 38058 GeneCards: DNAJB6 | ||
DnaJ homolog subfamily B member 6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DNAJB6 gene.
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Function
This gene encodes a member of the DNAJ protein family. DNAJ family members are characterized by a highly conserved amino acid stretch called the 'J-domain' and function as one of the two major classes of molecular chaperones involved in a wide range of cellular events, such as protein folding and oligomeric protein complex assembly. This family member may also play a role in polyglutamine aggregation in specific neurons. Alternative splicing of this gene results in multiple transcript variants; however, not all variants have been fully described.
Interactions
DNAJB6 has been shown to interact with Keratin 18. It has been also shown that the aggregation of Aβ42 (a process involved in e.g. Alzheimer's disease) is retarded by DNAJB6 in a concentration-dependent manner, extending to very low sub-stoichiometric molar ratios of chaperone to peptide.