Competing protein-protein interactions regulate binding of Hsp27 to its client protein tau

oleh: Rebecca Freilich, Miguel Betegon, Eric Tse, Sue-Ann Mok, Olivier Julien, David A. Agard, Daniel R. Southworth, Koh Takeuchi, Jason E. Gestwicki

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2018-11-01

Deskripsi

Small heat shock proteins (sHSPs) limit the aggregation of proteins, such as tau. Here the authors show that Hsp27 recognizes two aggregation-prone regions of tau and that this interaction competes with Hsp27 oligomerization.