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*Bacterial Proteins/*pharmacology
Chaperonin 60
Chromatography, Gel
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Escherichia coli
*Escherichia coli Proteins
HSP40 Heat-Shock Proteins
*HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins
*Heat-Shock Proteins/*pharmacology
In Vitro Techniques
Models, Biological
Protein Conformation/*drug effects
*Thiosulfate Sulfurtransferase/drug effects
Abstract:
The main stress proteins of Escherichia coli function in an ordered protein-folding reaction. DnaK (heat-shock protein 70) recognizes the folding polypeptide as an extended chain and cooperates with DnaJ in stabilizing an intermediate conformational state lacking ordered tertiary structure. Dependent on GrpE and ATP hydrolysis, the protein is then transferred to GroEL (heat-shock protein 60) which acts catalytically in the production of the native state. This sequential mechanism of chaperone action may represent an important pathway for the folding of newly synthesized polypeptides.