Article
Mutations of small heat shock proteins and human congenital diseases.
Biochemistry. Biokhimiia - 1 Dec 2012
Datskevich P N, Nefedova V V, Sudnitsyna M V, Gusev N B
Abstract excerpt
The structure and properties of different members of a large family of small heat shock proteins (sHsp) playing an important role in cell homeostasis are described. Participation of the N-terminal domain in formation of large oligomers and chaperone activity of sHsp is analyzed. The structure of the α-crystallin domain of sHsp is characterized and the role of this domain in sHsp dimerization and chaperone...
Topics
- Animals
- Cataract
- Genetic Diseases, Inborn
- Heat-Shock Proteins, Small
- Humans
- Mutation
