Small heat shock proteins and α-crystallins: dynamic proteins with flexible functions

E Basha, H O'Neill, E Vierling - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2012 - cell.com
The small heat shock proteins (sHSPs) and the related α-crystallins (αCs) are virtually
ubiquitous proteins that are strongly induced by a variety of stresses, but that also function …

The evolution, function, structure, and expression of the plant sHSPs

ER Waters - Journal of experimental botany, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Small heat shock proteins are a diverse, ancient, and important family of proteins. All
organisms possess small heat shock proteins (sHSPs), indicating that these proteins …

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 …

A small heat shock protein CaHsp25. 9 positively regulates heat, salt, and drought stress tolerance in pepper (Capsicum annuum L.)

XH Feng, HX Zhang, M Ali, WX Gai, GX Cheng… - Plant Physiology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Extreme environmental conditions seriously affect crop growth and development, resulting in
a decrease in crop yield and quality. However, small heat shock proteins (Hsp20s) play an …

Structure, gene expression, and putative functions of crustacean heat shock proteins in innate immunity

W Junprung, P Supungul, A Tassanakajon - Developmental & Comparative …, 2021 - Elsevier
Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are molecular chaperones with critical roles in the maintenance
of cellular proteostasis. HSPs, which regulate protein folding and refolding, assembly …

Small heat-shock proteins: paramedics of the cell

GR Hilton, H Lioe, F Stengel, AJ Baldwin… - Molecular …, 2013 - Springer
The small heat-shock proteins (sHSPs) comprise a family of molecular chaperones which
are widespread but poorly understood. Despite considerable effort, comparatively few high …

Three-dimensional structure of α-crystallin domain dimers of human small heat shock proteins HSPB1 and HSPB6

EV Baranova, SD Weeks, S Beelen, OV Bukach… - Journal of molecular …, 2011 - Elsevier
Small heat shock proteins (sHSPs) are a family of evolutionary conserved ATP-independent
chaperones. These proteins share a common architecture defined by a signature α-crystallin …

Identification of Heat Shock Protein families and J-protein types by incorporating Dipeptide Composition into Chou's general PseAAC

S Ahmad, M Kabir, M Hayat - Computer methods and programs in …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Heat Shock Proteins (HSPs) are the substantial ingredients for cell growth and
viability, which are found in all living organisms. HSPs manage the process of folding and …

Heat in Wheat: Exploit Reverse Genetic Techniques to Discover New Alleles Within the Triticum durum sHsp26 Family

A Comastri, M Janni, J Simmonds, C Uauy… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Wheat breeding nowadays must address producers and consumers' desire. According to the
last FAO report, a dramatic decrease in wheat production is expected in the next decades …

[HTML][HTML] Crystal structure of R120G disease mutant of human αB-crystallin domain dimer shows closure of a groove

AR Clark, CE Naylor, C Bagneris, NH Keep… - Journal of molecular …, 2011 - Elsevier
Small heat shock proteins form large cytosolic assemblies from an “α-crystallin
domain”(ACD) flanked by sequence extensions. Mutation of a conserved arginine in the …