A widespread family of heat-resistant obscure (Hero) proteins protect against protein instability and aggregation.
Proteins are typically denatured and aggregated by heating at near-boiling temperature. Exceptions to this principle include highly disordered and heat-resistant proteins found in extremophiles, which help these organisms tolerate extreme conditions such as drying, freezing, and high salinity. In co...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2020-03-01
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Series: | PLoS Biology |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000632 |