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SUBMITTER: Patury S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2799686 | biostudies-literature | 2009
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Patury Srikanth S Miyata Yoshinari Y Gestwicki Jason E JE
Current topics in medicinal chemistry 20090101 15
The molecular chaperone, heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70), acts at multiple steps in a protein's life cycle, including during the processes of folding, trafficking, remodeling and degradation. To accomplish these various tasks, the activity of Hsp70 is shaped by a host of co-chaperones, which bind to the core chaperone and influence its functions. Genetic studies have strongly linked Hsp70 and its co-chaperones to numerous diseases, including cancer, neurodegeneration and microbial pathogenesis, ye ...[more]