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SUBMITTER: Xu Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2680549 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Xu Zhen Z Page Richard C RC Gomes Michelle M MM Kohli Ekta E Nix Jay C JC Herr Andrew B AB Patterson Cam C Misra Saurav S
Nature structural & molecular biology 20081123 12
Cochaperones are essential for Hsp70- and Hsc70-mediated folding of proteins and include nucleotide-exchange factors (NEFs) that assist protein folding by accelerating ADP-ATP exchange on Hsp70. The cochaperone Bag2 binds misfolded Hsp70 clients and also acts as an NEF, but the molecular basis for its function is unclear. We show that, rather than being a member of the Bag domain family, Bag2 contains a new type of Hsp70 NEF domain, which we call the 'brand new bag' (BNB) domain. Free and Hsc70- ...[more]