Intrinsically disordered proteins as molecular shields
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Intrinsically disordered proteins as molecular shields.
The broad family of LEA proteins are intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) with several potential roles in desiccation tolerance, or anhydrobiosis, one of which is to limit desiccation-induced aggregation of cellular proteins. We show here that this activity, termed molecular shield function, is distinct from that of a classical molecular chaperone, such as HSP70 - while HSP70 reduces aggreg...
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عنوان ژورنال: Mol. BioSyst.
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1742-206X,1742-2051
DOI: 10.1039/c1mb05263b