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ArticleScientific reports2018

Cochaperones enable Hsp70 to use ATP energy to stabilize native proteins out of the folding equilibrium.

Huafeng Xu

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Huafeng XuUnaffiliated, Forest Hills, NY, 11375, USA. huafeng@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0001-5447-0452
Huafon Group (China) · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) chaperones, vital to the proper folding of proteins inside cells, consume ATP and require cochaperones in assisting protein folding. It is unclear whether Hsp70 can utilize the free energy from ATP hydrolysis to fold a protein into a native state that is thermodynamically unstable in the chaperone-free equilibrium. Here I present a model of Hsp70-mediated protein folding, which predicts that Hsp70, as a result of differential stimulation of ATP hydrolysis by its Hsp40 cochaperone, dissociates faster from a substrate in fold-competent conformations than from one in misfolding-prone conformations, thus elevating the native concentration above and suppressing the misfolded concentration below their respective equilibrium values. Previous models would not make or imply these predictions, which are experimentally testable. My model quantitatively reproduces experimental refolding kinetics, predicts how modulations of the Hsp70/Hsp40 chaperone system affect protein folding, and suggests new approaches to regulating cellular protein quality.

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Models, BiologicalProtein FoldingAdenosine TriphosphateAlgorithmsAnimalsHSP40 Heat-Shock ProteinsHSP70 Heat-Shock ProteinsHumansHydrolysisKineticsThermodynamicsAdenosine TriphosphateHSP40 Heat-Shock ProteinsHSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins

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PMID30181618
PMCPMC6123477
OpenAlexW2888802685

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