A chaperonin subunit with unique structures is essential for folding of a specific substrate.

Type I chaperonins are large, double-ring complexes present in bacteria (GroEL), mitochondria (Hsp60), and chloroplasts (Cpn60), which are involved in mediating the folding of newly synthesized, translocated, or stress-denatured proteins. In Escherichia coli, GroEL comprises 14 identical subunits an...

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Main Authors: Lianwei Peng, Yoichiro Fukao, Fumiyoshi Myouga, Reiko Motohashi, Kazuo Shinozaki, Toshiharu Shikanai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-04-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3071376?pdf=render