Heat shock proteins: Biological functions, pathological roles, and therapeutic opportunities

C Hu, J Yang, Z Qi, H Wu, B Wang, F Zou, H Mei… - MedComm, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The heat shock proteins (HSPs) are ubiquitous and conserved protein families in both
prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms, and they maintain cellular proteostasis and protect …

Chaperone machines for protein folding, unfolding and disaggregation

H Saibil - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2013 - nature.com
Molecular chaperones are diverse families of multidomain proteins that have evolved to
assist nascent proteins to reach their native fold, protect subunits from heat shock during the …

Molecular chaperone functions in protein folding and proteostasis

YE Kim, MS Hipp, A Bracher… - Annual review of …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
The biological functions of proteins are governed by their three-dimensional fold. Protein
folding, maintenance of proteome integrity, and protein homeostasis (proteostasis) critically …

Structural probing of a protein phosphatase 2A network by chemical cross-linking and mass spectrometry

F Herzog, A Kahraman, D Boehringer, R Mak… - Science, 2012 - science.org
The identification of proximate amino acids by chemical cross-linking and mass
spectrometry (XL-MS) facilitates the structural analysis of homogeneous protein complexes …

[HTML][HTML] The molecular architecture of the eukaryotic chaperonin TRiC/CCT

A Leitner, LA Joachimiak, A Bracher, L Mönkemeyer… - Structure, 2012 - cell.com
TRiC/CCT is a highly conserved and essential chaperonin that uses ATP cycling to facilitate
folding of approximately 10% of the eukaryotic proteome. This 1 MDa hetero-oligomeric …

High resolution single particle refinement in EMAN2. 1

JM Bell, M Chen, PR Baldwin, SJ Ludtke - Methods, 2016 - Elsevier
EMAN2. 1 is a complete image processing suite for quantitative analysis of grayscale
images, with a primary focus on transmission electron microscopy, with complete workflows …

The mechanism and function of group II chaperonins

T Lopez, K Dalton, J Frydman - Journal of molecular biology, 2015 - Elsevier
Protein folding in the cell requires the assistance of enzymes collectively called chaperones.
Among these, the chaperonins are 1-MDa ring-shaped oligomeric complexes that bind …

Structural visualization of the tubulin folding pathway directed by human chaperonin TRiC/CCT

D Gestaut, Y Zhao, J Park, B Ma, A Leitner, M Collier… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
The ATP-dependent ring-shaped chaperonin TRiC/CCT is essential for cellular proteostasis.
To uncover why some eukaryotic proteins can only fold with TRiC assistance, we …

Structural basis of plp2-mediated cytoskeletal protein folding by TRiC/CCT

W Han, M Jin, C Liu, Q Zhao, S Wang, Y Wang… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The cytoskeletal proteins tubulin and actin are the obligate substrates of TCP-1 ring
complex/Chaperonin containing TCP-1 (TRiC/CCT), and their folding involves co …

[HTML][HTML] The structural basis of substrate recognition by the eukaryotic chaperonin TRiC/CCT

LA Joachimiak, T Walzthoeni, CW Liu, R Aebersold… - Cell, 2014 - cell.com
The eukaryotic chaperonin TRiC (also called CCT) is the obligate chaperone for many
essential proteins. TRiC is hetero-oligomeric, comprising two stacked rings of eight different …