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Protein & Peptide Letters

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ISSN (Print): 0929-8665
ISSN (Online): 1875-5305

Remodeling of Protein Aggregates by Hsp104

Author(s): John R. Glover and Ronnie Lum

Volume 16, Issue 6, 2009

Page: [587 - 597] Pages: 11

DOI: 10.2174/092986609788490087

Price: $65

Abstract

Hsp104 is molecular chaperone in the AAA+ family of ATPases that specializes in the resolubilization and refolding of thermally denatured proteins in yeast. In addition to providing high levels of thermotolerance, Hsp104 plays a pivotal role in the propagation of yeast prions, self-replicating, amyloid-like aggregates that are inherited during mitosis and meiosis. In this review, the structure and function of Hsp104 is discussed, its functional interaction with other molecular chaperones, and a model for disaggregation and refolding is proposed.


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