HSPs - Ambiguous Mediators of Immunity

Heat shock proteins (HSPs) were discovered as polypeptides induced by stress that can be found in all kingdoms of cellular organisms. Their functions were, a first enigmatic and these proteins were thus classified by molecular weight, as in-Hsp27, Hsp70, Hsp90, Hsp110. More recently, each of these s...

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Main Author: Stuart Keith Calderwood (auth)
Other Authors: Ayesha Murshid (auth), Thiago J. Borges (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
Series:Frontiers Research Topics
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Summary:Heat shock proteins (HSPs) were discovered as polypeptides induced by stress that can be found in all kingdoms of cellular organisms. Their functions were, a first enigmatic and these proteins were thus classified by molecular weight, as in-Hsp27, Hsp70, Hsp90, Hsp110. More recently, each of these size-classified molecules has attributed a role in protein folding, and they thus came to be known, as a class, as molecular chaperones. However, the they possess properties beyond chaperoning. Indeed, their discovery in the extracellular spaces suggested roles in regulation of the immune responses.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (92 p.)
ISBN:978-2-88945-152-4
9782889451524
Access:Open Access