LongevityMap variant

Entry Details

Longevity Association: Non-significant
Population: Ashkenazi Jewish
Study Design: Polymorphisms were examined in 347 centenarians, 260 centenarian offspring, and 238 controls
Conclusions: No genetic associations were found with two SNPs within two hsp70 genes

HGNC symbol: HSPA1B
Aliases: HSP70-2; HSP70.2; HSP70-1B
Common name: heat shock protein family A (Hsp70) member 1B
Description: This intronless gene encodes a 70kDa heat shock protein which is a member of the heat shock protein 70 family. In conjuction with other heat shock proteins, this protein stabilizes existing proteins against aggregation and mediates the folding of newly translated proteins in the cytosol and in organelles. It is also involved in the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway through interaction with the AU-rich element RNA-binding protein 1. The gene is located in the major histocompatibility complex class III region, in a cluster with two closely related genes which encode similar proteins. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Other longevity studies of this gene: 4
OMIM: 603012
Ensembl: ENSG00000204388
UniProt/Swiss-Prot: A8K5I0_HUMAN
Entrez Gene: 3304
UniGene: 274402
HapMap: View on HapMap

GenAge human genes

Terry et al. (2006)