Hsp20/alpha crystallin family | |||||||||
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Symbol | HSP20 | ||||||||
Pfam | PF00011 | ||||||||
InterPro | IPR002068 | ||||||||
PROSITE | PDOC00791 | ||||||||
SCOP | 1shs | ||||||||
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Heat shock protein Hsp20 is a family of heat shock proteins.
Prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms respond to heat shock or other environmental stress by inducing the synthesis of proteins collectively known as heat-shock proteins (hsp)[1]. Amongst them is a family of proteins with an average molecular weight of 20 Kd, known as the hsp20 proteins[2]. These seem to act as protein chaperones that can protect other proteins against heat-induced denaturation and aggregation. Hsp20 proteins seem to form large heterooligomeric aggregates. Structurally, this family is characterised by the presence of a conserved C-terminal domain of about 100 residues.
CRYAA; CRYAB; HSPB1; HSPB2; HSPB3; HSPB6; HSPB7; HSPB8; HSPB9;
This article incorporates text from the public domain Pfam and InterPro IPR002068