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 …

Plant small heat shock proteins–evolutionary and functional diversity

ER Waters, E Vierling - New Phytologist, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Small heat shock proteins (sHSPs) are an ubiquitous protein family found in archaea,
bacteria and eukaryotes. In plants, as in other organisms, sHSPs are upregulated by stress …

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 …

Complexity of the heat stress response in plants

S Kotak, J Larkindale, U Lee… - Current opinion in plant …, 2007 - Elsevier
Plants have evolved a variety of responses to elevated temperatures that minimize damage
and ensure protection of cellular homeostasis. New information about the structure and …

Some like it hot: the structure and function of small heat-shock proteins

M Haslbeck, T Franzmann, D Weinfurtner… - Nature structural & …, 2005 - nature.com
Small heat-shock proteins (sHsps) are a widespread and diverse class of molecular
chaperones. Recent evidence suggests that they maintain protein homeostasis by binding …

Small heat shock proteins: molecular structure and chaperone function

Y Sun, TH MacRae - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences CMLS, 2005 - Springer
Small heat shock proteins (sHSPs) associate with nuclei, cytoskeleton and membranes, and
as molecular chaperones they bind partially denatured proteins, thereby preventing …

Improved heat stress tolerance of wheat seedlings by bacterial seed treatment

IA Abd El-Daim, S Bejai, J Meijer - Plant and soil, 2014 - Springer
Aim To investigate if rhizosphere bacteria can improve heat tolerance of wheat. Methods
Wheat (Triticum aestivum) seeds of the cultivars Olivin and Sids1 were treated with Bacillus …

Class I and II small heat shock proteins together with HSP101 protect protein translation factors during heat stress

F McLoughlin, E Basha, ME Fowler, M Kim… - Plant …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The ubiquitous small heat shock proteins (sHSPs) are well documented to act in vitro as
molecular chaperones to prevent the irreversible aggregation of heat-sensitive proteins …

[HTML][HTML] The plant sHSP superfamily: five new members in Arabidopsis thaliana with unexpected properties

M Siddique, S Gernhard, P von Koskull-Döring… - Cell Stress and …, 2008 - Elsevier
The small heat shock proteins (sHsps), which are ubiquitous stress proteins proposed to act
as chaperones, are encoded by an unusually complex gene family in plants. Plant sHsps …

A class I cytosolic HSP20 of rice enhances heat and salt tolerance in different organisms

LM Guo, J Li, J He, H Liu, HM Zhang - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Small heat shock proteins (sHSPs) have been thought to function as chaperones, protecting
their targets from denaturation and aggregation when organisms are subjected to various …