Heat shock protein 90 alpha family class B member 4, pseudogene (HSP90AB4P)

Heat shock protein 90 alpha family class B member 4, pseudogene (HSP90AB4P) is a genomic element classified as a pseudogene, meaning it is a non-functional copy of a gene. It is related to the Hsp90 family of chaperones, which are involved in protein folding and cellular response to heat stress, but HSP90AB4P itself does not code for a functional protein and does not participate directly in these processes. Its sequence is homologous to the functional Hsp90 genes, but mutations and/or deletions prevent its transcription or translation into a product with molecular chaperone function. Thus, it holds no direct biological function, therapeutic targeting potential, or recognized disease association in current biomedical databases.

Other names

Putative heat shock protein HSP 90-beta 4Heat shock protein 90BdHSP90BdHeat shock protein 90kDa alpha (cytosolic), class B member 4, pseudogene

None (as a pseudogene, it has no known direct drug interactions)