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MOLECULAR CELL
Volume 39, Issue 4, Pages 507-520Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2010.08.001
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Fonds der Chemischen Industrie
- Elitenetzwerk Bayern
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Hsp12 of S. cerevisiae is upregulated several 100-fold in response to stress. Our phenotypic analysis showed that this protein is important for survival of a variety of stress conditions, including high temperature. In the absence of Hsp12, we observed changes in cell morphology under stress conditions. Surprisingly, in the cell, Hsp12 exists both as a soluble cytosolic protein and associated to the plasma membrane. The in vitro analysis revealed that Hsp12, unlike all other Hsps studied so far, is completely unfolded; however, in the presence of certain lipids, it adopts a helical structure. The presence of Hsp12 does not alter the overall lipid composition of the plasma membrane but increases membrane stability.
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