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SUBMITTER: Sichting M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC554129 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sichting Martin M Mokranjac Dejana D Azem Abdussalam A Neupert Walter W Hell Kai K
The EMBO journal 20050217 5
Hsp70 chaperones mediate folding of proteins and prevent their misfolding and aggregation. We report here on a new kind of Hsp70 interacting protein in mitochondria, Hep1. Hep1 is a highly conserved protein present in virtually all eukaryotes. Deletion of HEP1 results in a severe growth defect. Cells lacking Hep1 are deficient in processes that need the function of mitochondrial Hsp70s, such as preprotein import and biogenesis of proteins containing FeS clusters. In the mitochondria of these cel ...[more]