What does this protein make up or do? Chapter 6: Chromosome 6 Name of Protein major histocompatibility complex, class II, DQ beta DNA Sequence Chromosome 7,226 BP 6 Name of Gene HLA-DQB1 transcription Amino acid sequence mRNA translation Cytoplasm A Cell Nucleus What does this protein make up or do? Condition/Disease Narcolepsy

Description of Narcolepsy Symptoms and characteristics Narcolepsy is when you have daytime sleepiness, nightmares, or insomnia This is also common fatigue, binge eating, physical collapse while conscious, hallucination, or falling Muscular: muscle weakness, loss of muscle control, or muscle paralysis

Description of Narcolepsy (cont.) Who is affected? Anyone, but the following have a higher risk: Narcolepsy affects about 1 in 2,000 people in the United States and Western Europe Worldwide, narcolepsy appears to be most common in Japan, where it affects an estimated 1 in 600 people

References http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/narcolepsy http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/chromosome/6/show/Conditions