Chaperones (IMAGE)

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

Chaperones

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The chaperone DnaK binds to new proteins and mediates their folding. Proteins it cannot fold, DnaK transports to GroEL, a highly specialized folding machine.

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MPI of Biochemistry

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