[HTML][HTML] 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 …

A first line of stress defense: small heat shock proteins and their function in protein homeostasis

M Haslbeck, E Vierling - Journal of molecular biology, 2015 - Elsevier
Small heat shock proteins (sHsps) are virtually ubiquitous molecular chaperones that can
prevent the irreversible aggregation of denaturing proteins. sHsps complex with a variety of …

[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] Small heat shock proteins, big impact on protein aggregation in neurodegenerative disease

JM Webster, AL Darling, VN Uversky… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Misfolding, aggregation, and aberrant accumulation of proteins are central components in
the progression of neurodegenerative disease. Cellular molecular chaperone systems …

Cellular functions and mechanisms of action of small heat shock proteins

A Mogk, C Ruger-Herreros… - Annual review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Small heat shock proteins (sHsps) constitute a diverse chaperone family that shares the α-
crystallin domain, which is flanked by variable, disordered N-and C-terminal extensions …

Hsp27 chaperones FUS phase separation under the modulation of stress-induced phosphorylation

Z Liu, S Zhang, J Gu, Y Tong, Y Li, X Gui… - Nature structural & …, 2020 - nature.com
Protein phase separation drives the assembly of membraneless organelles, but little is
known about how these membraneless organelles are maintained in a metastable liquid-or …

[HTML][HTML] Heat shock proteins regulatory role in neurodevelopment

DJ Miller, PE Fort - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Heat shock proteins (Hsps) are a large family of molecular chaperones that are well-known
for their roles in protein maturation, re-folding and degradation. While some Hsps are …

[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 …

O-GlcNAc modification of small heat shock proteins enhances their anti-amyloid chaperone activity

AT Balana, PM Levine, TW Craven, S Mukherjee… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
A major role for the intracellular post-translational modification O-GlcNAc appears to be the
inhibition of protein aggregation. Most of the previous studies in this area focused on O …

Fundamentals of cross-seeding of amyloid proteins: an introduction

B Ren, Y Zhang, M Zhang, Y Liu, D Zhang… - Journal of materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Misfolded protein aggregates formed by the same (homologous) or different
(heterologous/cross) sequences are the pathological hallmarks of many protein misfolding …