hsp-16.2 encodes a 16-kD heat shock protein (HSP) that is a member of the hsp16/hsp20/alphaB-crystallin (HSP16) family of heat shock proteins; hsp-16.2 expression, strongest in intestine and pharynx, is induced in response to heat shock or other environmental stresses; HSP-16.2 has been shown to interact with intracellular human beta amyloid peptide, a primary component of the extracellular plaques found in Alzheimer's disease; HSP-16.2 is likely to function as a passive ligand temporarily preventing unfolded proteins from aggregating.
Predicted to enable unfolded protein binding activity. Involved in response to heat. Located in cytoplasm. Expressed in several structures, including coelomocyte; enteric muscle; gonad; somatic nervous system; and spermatid.
Map position created from combination of previous interpolated map position (based on known location of sequence) and allele information. Therefore this is not a genetic map position based on recombination frequencies or genetic experiments. This was done on advice of the CGC.