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HIKESHI

Chr 11q14.2

heat shock protein nuclear import factor hikeshi

Aliases:
HSPC138, HSPC179, OPI10
MANE:
ENST00000278483.8

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Predicted protein structure

Clinical relevance (Genomics England PanelApp)

Diagnostic Grade (Green)

  • Childhood onset hereditary spastic paraplegia

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Hereditary spastic paraplegia

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Optic neuropathy

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • White matter disorders and cerebral calcification - narrow panel

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Severe microcephaly

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal

Disease associations (Open Targets)

  • hypomyelinating leukodystrophy 13

    0.72
  • Hypomyelinating leukodystrophy with or without oligondontia and/or hypogonadism

    0.62
  • hypothyroidism

    0.43
  • hereditary disease

    0.36
  • ocular hypotension

    0.25
  • benign prostatic hyperplasia

    0.12
  • smoking initiation

    0.10
  • Congenital pulmonary alveolar proteinosis

    0.07
  • Neonatal acute respiratory distress with surfactant metabolism deficiency

    0.06
  • Hyperlipoproteinemia type 1

    0.06

Score is the Open Targets composite evidence score (0-1). Higher = stronger gene-disease association.

Protein function (UniProt)

Protein Hikeshi

Acts as a specific nuclear import carrier for HSP70 proteins following heat-shock stress: acts by mediating the nucleoporin-dependent translocation of ATP-bound HSP70 proteins into the nucleus. HSP70 proteins import is required to protect cells from heat shock damages. Does not translocate ADP-bound HSP70 proteins into the nucleus

Data sources: HGNC (CC BY 4.0), AlphaFold (CC BY 4.0, Jumper et al. Nature 2021), Genomics England PanelApp (CC BY 4.0), ClinGen, Open Targets (CC0), UniProt.

Not for sole clinical decision-making. Always verify against primary sources.