Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables Hsp90 protein binding activity. Acts upstream of or within chaperone-mediated protein folding. Located in cytosol. Is expressed in several structures, including gonad; hemolymphoid system gland; liver; lung; and soleus. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in cataract 43 and myofibrillar myopathy 11. Orthologous to human UNC45B (unc-45 myosin chaperone B).