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Disaggregating chaperones: an unfolding story.
Current protein & peptide science - 1 Oct 2009
Sharma Sandeep K, Christen Philipp, Goloubinoff Pierre
Abstract excerpt
Stress, molecular crowding and mutations may jeopardize the native folding of proteins. Misfolded and aggregated proteins not only loose their biological activity, but may also disturb protein homeostasis, damage membranes and induce apoptosis. Here, we review the role of molecular chaperones as a network of cellular defenses against the formation of cytotoxic protein aggregates. Chaperones favour the native...
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