Mimicking phosphorylation of αB-crystallin affects its chaperone activity

Heath ECROYD*, Sarah MEEHAN*, Joseph HORWITZ†, J. Andrew AQUILINA‡, Justin L. P. BENESCH§, Carol V. ROBINSON§, Cait E. MACPHEE‖ and John A. CARVER*1 *School of Chemistry and Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia, †Jules Stein Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095-7008, U.S.A., ‡School of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia, §Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K., and ‖The Biological and Soft Systems Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K.