torsin-1B; torsin family 1 member B (TOR1B, DQ1, FKSG18)

Function

• may serve as a molecular chaperone assisting in the proper folding of secreted &/or membrane proteins

Structure

• belongs to the clpA/clpB family, Torsin subfamily

Compartment

• endoplasmic reticulum lumen (putative)

Expression

• widely expressed
• low levels in brain
• not detected in fetal brain

More general terms

• torsin
• glycoprotein

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=27348
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:27348
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/608050
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/O14657.html