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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Insect heat shock proteins during stress and diapause

AM King, TH MacRae - Annual review of entomology, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Insect heat shock proteins include ATP-independent small heat shock proteins and the
larger ATP-dependent proteins, Hsp70, Hsp90, and Hsp60. In concert with cochaperones …

Physicochemical properties of cells and their effects on intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs)

FX Theillet, A Binolfi, T Frembgen-Kesner… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
It has long been axiomatic that a protein's structure determines its function. Intrinsically
disordered proteins (IDPs) and disordered protein regions (IDRs) defy this structure …

Heat shock signaling in land plants: from plasma membrane sensing to the transcription of small heat shock proteins

B Bourgine, A Guihur - Frontiers in plant science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Heat stress events are major factors limiting crop productivity. During summer days, land
plants must anticipate in a timely manner upcoming mild and severe temperature. They …

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 …

The diverse functions of small heat shock proteins in the proteostasis network

K Reinle, A Mogk, B Bukau - Journal of molecular biology, 2022 - Elsevier
The protein quality control (PQC) system maintains protein homeostasis by counteracting
the accumulation of misfolded protein conformers. Substrate degradation and refolding …