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 …

The Hsp70 chaperone network

R Rosenzweig, NB Nillegoda, MP Mayer… - … reviews molecular cell …, 2019 - nature.com
The 70-kDa heat shock proteins (Hsp70s) are ubiquitous molecular chaperones that act in a
large variety of cellular protein folding and remodelling processes. They function virtually at …

Regulation of α-synuclein by chaperones in mammalian cells

BM Burmann, JA Gerez, I Matečko-Burmann… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Neurodegeneration in patients with Parkinson's disease is correlated with the occurrence of
Lewy bodies—intracellular inclusions that contain aggregates of the intrinsically disordered …

Hsp90 and Hsp70 chaperones: Collaborators in protein remodeling

O Genest, S Wickner, SM Doyle - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2019 - ASBMB
Heat shock proteins 90 (Hsp90) and 70 (Hsp70) are two families of highly conserved ATP-
dependent molecular chaperones that fold and remodel proteins. Both are important …

The Hsp70/Hsp90 chaperone machinery in neurodegenerative diseases

RE Lackie, A Maciejewski, VG Ostapchenko… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The accumulation of misfolded proteins in the human brain is one of the critical features of
many neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD). Assembles of beta …

Recent advances in the structural and mechanistic aspects of Hsp70 molecular chaperones

MP Mayer, LM Gierasch - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2019 - ASBMB
Hsp70 chaperones are central hubs of the protein quality control network and collaborate
with co-chaperones having a J-domain (an∼ 70-residue–long helical hairpin with a flexible …

Protein quality control by molecular chaperones in neurodegeneration

A Ciechanover, YT Kwon - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Protein homeostasis (proteostasis) requires the timely degradation of misfolded proteins and
their aggregates by protein quality control (PQC), of which molecular chaperones are an …

Molecular mechanism of J-domain-triggered ATP hydrolysis by Hsp70 chaperones

R Kityk, J Kopp, MP Mayer - Molecular cell, 2018 - cell.com
Efficient targeting of Hsp70 chaperones to substrate proteins depends on J-domain
cochaperones, which in synergism with substrates trigger ATP hydrolysis in Hsp70s and …

Regulation of heat shock proteins 70 and their role in plant immunity

M Berka, R Kopecká, V Berková… - Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Heat shock proteins 70 (HSP70s) are steadily gaining more attention in the field of plant
biotic interactions. Though their regulation and activity in plants are much less well …

The HSP70 chaperone machinery: J proteins as drivers of functional specificity

HH Kampinga, EA Craig - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2010 - nature.com
Heat shock 70 kDa proteins (HSP70s) are ubiquitous molecular chaperones that function in
a myriad of biological processes, modulating polypeptide folding, degradation and …