| Protein Name | Heat shock protein 23 |
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| Organism | Drosophila melanogaster |
| Gene ID | 39077 |
| Gene Symbol | Hsp23 |
| UniProt | P02516 (HSP23_DROME), M9NE68 (M9NE68_DROME) |
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Total Number of functionally related compound(s) :
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Total Number of Articles : 14 |
Description |
Heat shock protein 23 |
| Gene Summary |
Enables unfolded protein binding activity. Involved in several processes, including cold acclimation; protein folding; and response to heat. Located in cytosol. Is expressed in several structures, including adult head; adult heart; ganglia; primary neurons; and somatic precursor cell. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in cataract 16 multiple types; cataract 9 multiple types; dilated cardiomyopathy 1II; fatal infantile hypertonic myofibrillar myopathy; and myofibrillar myopathy 2. Orthologous to human CRYAA (crystallin alpha A) and CRYAB (crystallin alpha B). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, May 2025] |
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