Small heat shock proteins: Simplicity meets complexity

M Haslbeck, S Weinkauf, J Buchner - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2019 - ASBMB
Small heat shock proteins (sHsps) are a ubiquitous and ancient family of ATP-independent
molecular chaperones. A key characteristic of sHsps is that they exist in ensembles of iso …

[HTML][HTML] Small heat shock proteins: role in cellular functions and pathology

R Bakthisaran, R Tangirala, CM Rao - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2015 - Elsevier
Small heat shock proteins (sHsps) are conserved across species and are important in stress
tolerance. Many sHsps exhibit chaperone-like activity in preventing aggregation of target …

[HTML][HTML] The growing world of small heat shock proteins: from structure to functions

S Carra, S Alberti, PA Arrigo, JL Benesch… - Cell Stress and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Small heat shock proteins (sHSPs) are present in all kingdoms of life and play fundamental
roles in cell biology. sHSPs are key components of the cellular protein quality control …

Insights on human small heat shock proteins and their alterations in diseases

B Tedesco, R Cristofani, V Ferrari, M Cozzi… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The family of the human small Heat Shock Proteins (HSPBs) consists of ten members of
chaperones (HSPB1-HSPB10), characterized by a low molecular weight and capable of …

Mechanisms of small heat shock proteins

MK Janowska, HER Baughman… - Cold Spring …, 2019 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Small heat shock proteins (sHSPs) are ATP-independent chaperones that delay formation of
harmful protein aggregates. sHSPs' role in protein homeostasis has been appreciated for …

Structural basis for the interaction of a human small heat shock protein with the 14-3-3 universal signaling regulator

NN Sluchanko, S Beelen, AA Kulikova, SD Weeks… - Structure, 2017 - cell.com
By interacting with hundreds of protein partners, 14-3-3 proteins coordinate vital cellular
processes. Phosphorylation of the small heat shock protein, HSPB6, within its intrinsically …

Interplay of disordered and ordered regions of a human small heat shock protein yields an ensemble of 'quasi-ordered'states

AF Clouser, HER Baughman, B Basanta, M Guttman… - Elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
Small heat shock proteins (sHSPs) are nature's 'first responders' to cellular stress, interacting
with affected proteins to prevent their aggregation. Little is known about sHSP structure …

[HTML][HTML] Small heat-shock proteins and their role in mechanical stress

MP Collier, JLP Benesch - Cell Stress and Chaperones, 2020 - Elsevier
The ability of cells to respond to stress is central to health. Stress can damage folded
proteins, which are vulnerable to even minor changes in cellular conditions. To maintain …

Functional diversity of mammalian small heat shock proteins: a review

C Gu, X Fan, W Yu - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
The small heat shock proteins (sHSPs), whose molecular weight ranges from 12∼ 43 kDa,
are members of the heat shock protein (HSP) family that are widely found in all organisms …

Release of a disordered domain enhances HspB1 chaperone activity toward tau

HER Baughman, THT Pham… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Small heat shock proteins (sHSPs) are a class of ATP-independent molecular chaperones
that play vital roles in maintaining protein solubility and preventing aberrant protein …