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HSP90 at the hub of protein homeostasis: emerging mechanistic insights

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Comprehensive understanding of how HSP90 functions promises not only to provide new avenues for therapeutic intervention, but to shed light on fundamental biological questions.
Abstract
Heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) is a highly conserved molecular chaperone that facilitates the maturation of a wide range of proteins (known as clients). Clients are enriched in signal transducers, including kinases and transcription factors. Therefore, HSP90 regulates diverse cellular functions and exerts marked effects on normal biology, disease and evolutionary processes. Recent structural and functional analyses have provided new insights on the transcriptional and biochemical regulation of HSP90 and the structural dynamics it uses to act on a diverse client repertoire. Comprehensive understanding of how HSP90 functions promises not only to provide new avenues for therapeutic intervention, but to shed light on fundamental biological questions.

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Genome Sequence of Saccharomyces carlsbergensis, the World's First Pure Culture Lager Yeast

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Heat shock protein 90 from Escherichia coli collaborates with the DnaK chaperone system in client protein remodeling

TL;DR: In vitro protein reactivation assays indicate that E. coli Hsp90 and DnaK interact in vivo and in vitro, providing additional evidence to suggest that E- coli HSp90 and the DNAK system function together.
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Uncovering a region of heat shock protein 90 important for client binding in E. coli and chaperone function in yeast.

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