heat shock protein beta-2; HspB2; DMPK-binding protein; MKBP (HSPB2)

Function

• associates with myotonic dystrophy protein kinase (DMPK)

Structure

• belongs to the small heat shock protein (HSP20) family

Expression

• expressed preferentially in skeletal muscle & heart
• not expressed in the lens

More general terms

• heat shock protein

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=3316
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:3316
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/602179
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q16082.html