Publication Date:
1989-07-28
Description:
Two members of the hsp70 family, termed hsc70 and BiP, have been implicated in promoting protein folding and assembly processes in the cytoplasm and the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum, respectively. Short hydrophilic (8 to 25 residues) synthetic peptides have now been tested as possible mimics of polypeptide chain substrates to help define an enzymatic basis for these activities. Both BiP and hsc70 have specific peptide binding sites. Peptide binding elicits hydrolysis of adenosine triphosphate, with the subsequent release of bound peptide.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Flynn, G C -- Chappell, T G -- Rothman, J E -- GM-25662/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Jul 28;245(4916):385-90.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biology, Lewis Thomas Laboratory, Princeton University, NJ 08544.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2756425" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism
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Amino Acid Sequence
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Animals
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Carrier Proteins/*metabolism
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Cattle
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Endoplasmic Reticulum/metabolism
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Heat-Shock Proteins/*metabolism
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Hydrolysis
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Microsomes, Liver/metabolism
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*Molecular Chaperones
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Peptides/*metabolism
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Protein Binding
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Protein Conformation
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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