Inferred by orthology to human genes with DO annotation (HGNC:5227)
Disease_relevance
C. elegans is an effective model system to study heat-related pathologies like heat stroke; in elegans, a small heat shock protein (sHSP), HSP-16.1 has a protective effect against heat-induced necrosis; HSP-16.1 localizes to the golgi and functions together with the PMR-1/PMR1 Ca2+ and Mn2+ transporting ATPase, and NUCB-1/Nucleobindin1, a golgi-located calcium-buffering protein, to maintain calcium homeostasis, under heat stroke; overexpresiion of pmr-1/PMR1 is sufficient to promote survival after heat stroke, bypassing both HSF-1 and HSP-16.1, indicating that PMR-1/PMR1 functions downstream of both these genes.