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Hspa1b Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    Hspa1b
  • Name
    heat shock protein family A (Hsp70) member 1B
  • Synonyms
    hsp68, Hsp70-1, Hsp70.1, HSP70B1
  • Feature Type
    protein coding gene
  • IDs
    MGI:99517
    NCBI Gene: 15511
  • Alliance
  • Transcription Start Sites
    5 TSS
  • Candidate for QTL
    1 QTL
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Chr17:35175412-35178214 bp, - strand
    From Ensembl annotation of GRCm39
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  • Genome Browsers
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome 17, 18.50 cM
  • Mapping Data
    18 experiments
Strain
Comparison
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  • Strain Annotations
    19
  • PCR
  • RFLP
For selected strains:
Strain Gene Model ID Feature Type Coordinates Select Strains
C57BL/6J MGI_C57BL6J_99517
protein coding gene Chr17:35175405-35178214 (-)
129S1/SvImJ ENSMUSG00200049209
protein coding gene Chr17:30879521-30882323 (-)
A/J ENSMUSG00195041592
protein coding gene Chr17:31779677-31782475 (-)
AKR/J ENSMUSG00220050048
protein coding gene Chr17:30808370-30811168 (-)
BALB/cJ ENSMUSG00180039778
protein coding gene Chr17:31149552-31152350 (-)
C3H/HeJ ENSMUSG00175034721
protein coding gene Chr17:30694483-30697281 (-)
C57BL/6NJ ENSMUSG00215051473
protein coding gene Chr17:30719718-30722522 (-)
CAROLI/EiJ MGP_CAROLIEiJ_G0021486
protein coding gene Chr17:31698032-31700884 (-)
CAST/EiJ ENSTCUG00005048742
protein coding gene Chr17:31738062-31740860 (-)
CBA/J ENSMUSG00210047052
protein coding gene Chr17:30516591-30519391 (-)
DBA/2J ENSMUSG00185051242
protein coding gene Chr17:33168791-33171589 (-)
FVB/NJ ENSMUSG00205029996
protein coding gene Chr17:31038190-31040960 (-)
JF1/MsJ ENSUMUG00000056952
protein coding gene Chr17:32421669-32424464 (-)
LP/J ENSMUSG00230054598
protein coding gene Chr17:34277782-34280584 (-)
NOD/ShiLtJ ENSMUSG00190052631
protein coding gene Chr17:30639092-30641878 (-)
NZO/HlLtJ ENSMUSG00225054780
protein coding gene Chr17:36290757-36293547 (-)
PWK/PhJ ENSLUMG00010039345
protein coding gene Chr17:30256157-30258955 (-)
SPRET/EiJ ENSMSPG00010033094
protein coding gene Chr17:31455182-31458146 (-)
WSB/EiJ ENSIUOG00005042790
protein coding gene Chr17:31366715-31369507 (-)



Homology
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  • Human Ortholog
    HSPA1B, heat shock protein family A (Hsp70) member 1B
  • Vertebrate Orthologs
    7
Vertebrate Orthology Source
Alliance of Genome Resources
  • Human Ortholog
    HSPA1B, heat shock protein family A (Hsp70) member 1B
  • Synonyms
    HSP70-1, HSP70.1, HSP70-1B, HSP70-2, HSP70.2, HSP72, HSPA1, HSX70
  • Links
    NCBI Gene ID: 3304
    UniProt: P0DMV9

  • Chr Location
    6p21.33; chr6:31827738-31830254 (+)  GRCh38

Human Diseases
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  • Diseases
    14 with human HSPA1B associations

Human Disease Mouse Models
      
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Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    11 phenotypes from 5 alleles in 5 genetic backgrounds
    70 phenotype references
Phenotype Overview

adipose tissue
behavior/neurological
cardiovascular system
cellular
craniofacial
digestive/alimentary system
embryo
endocrine/exocrine glands
growth/size/body
hearing/vestibular/ear
hematopoietic system
homeostasis/metabolism
integument
immune system
limbs/digits/tail
liver/biliary system
mortality/aging
muscle
nervous system
pigmentation
renal/urinary system
reproductive system
respiratory system
skeleton
taste/olfaction
neoplasm
vision/eye

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Homozygous mutation of this gene results in increased susceptibility to focal cerebral ischemic injury.
Gene Ontology
(GO)
Classifications
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  • All GO Annotations
  • GO References
Molecular Function

carbohydrate derivative binding
cytoskeletal protein binding
DNA binding
enzyme regulator
hydrolase
ligase
lipid binding
oxidoreductase
RNA binding
signaling receptor activity
signaling receptor binding
transcription
transferase
transporter
Biological Process

carbohydrate derivative metabolism
cell differentiation
cell population proliferation
cellular component organization
DNA-templated transcription
establishment of localization
homeostatic process
immune system process
lipid metabolic process
programmed cell death
protein metabolic process
response to stimulus
signaling
system development
Cellular Component

cell projection
cytoplasmic vesicle
cytoskeleton
cytosol
endoplasmic reticulum
endosome
extracellular region
Golgi apparatus
mitochondrion
membraneless organelle
nucleus
organelle envelope
organelle lumen
plasma membrane
protein-containing complex
synapse
vacuole
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Expression
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Expression Overview

early conceptus
embryo ectoderm
embryo endoderm
embryo mesoderm
embryo mesenchyme
extraembryonic component
alimentary system
auditory system
branchial arches
cardiovascular system
connective tissue
endocrine system
exocrine system
hemolymphoid system
integumental system
limbs
liver and biliary system
musculoskeletal system
nervous system
olfactory system
reproductive system
respiratory system
urinary system
visual system
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  • Assay Results
  • Tissues
  • cDNA Data
  • Literature Summary
  • Comparison Matrix
  • Sequences &
    Gene Models
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    Representative SequencesLengthStrain/SpeciesFlank
    genomic ENSMUSG00000090877 Ensembl Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 2803 C57BL/6J ±  kb
    transcript ENSMUST00000172753 Ensembl | MGI Sequence Detail 2803 Not Applicable  
    polypeptide ENSMUSP00000133815 Ensembl | MGI Sequence Detail 642 Not Applicable  
    For the selected sequence
    Protein
    Information
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    Molecular
    Reagents
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    • All nucleic 33
      Genomic 17
      cDNA 10
      Primer pair 5
      Other 1
      Antibodies 7

      Microarray probesets 4
    Other
    Accession IDs
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    MGD-MRK-10958, MGD-MRK-16294
    References
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    • Summaries
      All 291
      Developmental Gene Expression 24
      Gene Ontology 18
      Phenotypes 70
    • Earliest
      J:7195 Lowe DG, et al., Mouse and Drosophila genes encoding the major heat shock protein (hsp70) are highly conserved. Mol Cell Biol. 1983 Aug;3(8):1540-3
    • Latest
      J:377026 Deng Q, et al., N-terminal alpha-amino SUMOylation promotes phosphorylation-independent cofilin-1 translocation to the mitochondrial matrix and induces apoptosis. Nat Commun. 2025 Nov 27;16(1):11687

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    last database update
    09/01/2026
    MGI 6.24
    The Jackson Laboratory