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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 17.
Published in final edited form as: Annu Rev Biochem. 2015 Mar 12;84:435–464. doi: 10.1146/annurev-biochem-060614-033955

Table 1. Disease-associated mutations of proteostasis network components.

Gene Protein Function Disease Reference
SOD1 SOD1 Superoxide dismutase ALS 155
UBQLN2 Ubiquilin-2 Ubiquitin-like protein ALS 156
CRYAA α-Crystallin Small HSP Early-onset cataracts 157
HSPD1 HSP60 Mitochondrial Chaperone Hereditary spastic paraplegia 158
ATXN3 Ataxin-3 Deubiquitylase SCA3/MJD 159
PARK1 Parkin E3 ubiquitin ligase PD 160
CRYAB α-Crystallin Small HSP Desmin-related myopathy, cardiomyopathy 161
SACS Sacsin DNAJ chaperone Spastic ataxia 162
HSPB1 HSP27 Small HSP Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease 163
VCP VCP AAA ATPase involved in ERAD Paget disease and FTD 164
SIL1 SIL1 ER-associated nucleotide exchange factor Marinesco–Sjogren syndrome 165, 166
HSPB8 HSP22 Small HSP Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease type 2L 167
DNAJC19 TIMM14 Mitochondrial import DCMA syndrome 168
HSPA9 Mortalin Mitochondrial HSP70 PD 169
HSPA8 HSC70 Protein folding Cardiovascular disease 170
PSMB8 PSMB8 Proteasomal subunit Nakajo–Nishimura syndrome 171
DNAJB2 HSJ1 Neuronal DNAJ chaperone Distal hereditary motor neuropathy 172
DNAJC6 Auxilin Clathrin uncoating Juvenile parkinsonism 173
DNAJB6 DNAJB6 Protein folding Dominantly inherited myopathy 174
SQSTM1 p62 Autophagy Paget's disease, ALS 175
DNAJC13 RME8 Receptor-mediated endocytosis PD 176
P4HB PDI Protein disulfide isomerase ALS 177
UBE3A UBE3A E3 ubiquitin ligase Angelman syndrome 178

Abbreviations: ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; ERAD, endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-associated degradation; FTD, frontotemporal dementia; HSP, heat shock protein; MJD, Machado–Joseph disease; PD, Parkinson's disease; SCA, spinocerebellar ataxia; VCP, valosine-containing protein.