disease:Defects in SACS are the cause of autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay (ARSACS) [MIM:270550]. ARSACS is an early onset neurodegenerative disease with high prevalence in the Charlevoix-Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec. It is characterized by absent sensory-nerve conduction, reduced motor-nerve velocity and hypermyelination of retinal-nerve fibers.,function:May function in chaperone-mediated protein folding.,similarity:Contains 1 HEPN domain.,similarity:Contains 1 J domain.,tissue specificity:Highly expressed in the central nervous system. Also found in skeletal muscle and at low levels in pancreas.,
Cytoplasm . Predominantly cytoplasmic, a small portion is present in the nucleus and also shows a partial mitochondrial overlap with the mitochondrial marker Hsp60.
Highly expressed in the central nervous system. Also found in skeletal muscle and at low levels in pancreas.