DNAJC2

This gene is a member of the M-phase phosphoprotein (MPP) family. The gene encodes a phosphoprotein with a J domain and a Myb DNA-binding domain which localizes to both the nucleus and the cytosol. The protein is capable of forming a heterodimeric complex that associates with ribosomes, acting as a molecular chaperone for nascent polypeptide chains as they exit the ribosome. This protein was identified as a leukemia-associated antigen and expression of the gene is upregulated in leukemic blasts. Also, chromosomal aberrations involving this gene are associated with primary head and neck squamous cell tumors. This gene has a pseudogene on chromosome 6. Alternatively spliced variants which encode different protein isoforms have been described. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Full Name

DnaJ Heat Shock Protein Family (Hsp40) Member C2

Function

Acts both as a chaperone in the cytosol and as a chromatin regulator in the nucleus. When cytosolic, acts as a molecular chaperone: component of the ribosome-associated complex (RAC), a complex involved in folding or maintaining nascent polypeptides in a folding-competent state. In the RAC complex, stimulates the ATPase activity of the ribosome-associated pool of Hsp70-type chaperones HSPA14 that bind to the nascent polypeptide chain. When nuclear, mediates the switching from polycomb-repressed genes to an active state: specifically recruited at histone H2A ubiquitinated at 'Lys-119' (H2AK119ub), and promotes the displacement of the polycomb PRC1 complex from chromatin, thereby facilitating transcription activation.

Biological Process

de novo' cotranslational protein folding Source: UniProtKB
Chromatin organization Source: UniProtKB-KW
DNA replication Source: Ensembl
Negative regulation of DNA biosynthetic process Source: Ensembl
Positive regulation of transcription, DNA-templated Source: UniProtKB
Regulation of cellular response to heat Source: Reactome
Regulation of translational fidelity Source: InterPro

Cellular Location

Nucleus; Cytosol

PTM

Phosphorylated in M (mitotic) phase.