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Gene

HSPB3

heat shock protein family B (small) member 3

Summary

Cytogenetic location
5q11.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 5: 54,455,699–54,456,377 (GRCh38)
Exons
1 exon across 0.7 kb
Protein
150 amino acids
Also known as
HSPL27
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000302005.3NM_006308.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

Positions on gene and variant pages follow this choice, in this browser.

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads HSPB3 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How HSPB3 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 5, with a bracket where HSPB3 sits. HSPB3 and 2 genes near it on chromosome 5, from 53,956,038 to 54,956,037.Chromosome 55q11.2p15.33p15.32p15.31p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32q33.1q33.2q33.3q34q35.1q35.2q35.354 Mb54.2 Mb54.4 Mb54.6 Mb54.8 MbARL15: 53,883,927–54,310,604, reverse strandARL15HSPB3: 54,455,699–54,456,377, forward strandHSPB3SNX18: 54,517,707–54,546,586, forward strandSNX18Diagram of HSPB3: one exon on the forward strand of chromosome 5Exon 1: 54,455,699–54,456,377, 679 bases15′3′

Exons of the gene's MANE Select transcript (release v1.5), from NCBI and EMBL-EBI, on the GRCh38 reference genome.

Chromosome bands from UCSC's GRCh38 ideogram (2022-10-29).

Nearby genes from Ensembl release 116, on GRCh38.

Exons make up 0.7 kb of the gene's 0.7 kb; 453 of those bases code for the protein.

Where this comes from

  • HGNC: the gene's symbol, name, other symbols and location.
  • MANE Select v1.5, from NCBI and EMBL-EBI: the transcript, its exons and coding sequence.
  • The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the traits linked to the gene. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). HSPB3 gene: heat shock protein family B (small) member 3. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/hspb3

Vancouver

Dante Labs. HSPB3 gene: heat shock protein family B (small) member 3 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/hspb3

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