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Role Of Heat Shock Protein 70 Kda Cognate In Limiting Thermal Inactivation And Refolding Of Heat-Denatured Nuclear Type I Topoisomerase, Kuo-Kuang Wen Oct 1994

Role Of Heat Shock Protein 70 Kda Cognate In Limiting Thermal Inactivation And Refolding Of Heat-Denatured Nuclear Type I Topoisomerase, Kuo-Kuang Wen

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Previous studies (Ciavarra et al., 1994) demonstrated that the constitutive 70 kDa heat shock protein (hsc70) protected purified topoisomerase I from thermal injury. In addition, hsc70 was capable of regenerating catalytic activity of heat-denatured topoisomerase I. A whole cell lysate was also active in this reaction assay. The present study demonstrates that heat-denatured topoisomerase I is reactivated by a cytosolic fraction and that this activity is dependent on the presence of cytosolic hsc70. The efficacy of hsc70-mediated refolding of heat-denatured topoisomerase I is greatly enhanced by a cytosolic cofactor(s). In all these refolding reactions, exogenous ATP is not required. Size …


Induction Of Heat Shock Protein 70 In Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells During Chlamydia Trachomatis Infection, Tsehay Eshete Mekonnen Jan 1994

Induction Of Heat Shock Protein 70 In Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells During Chlamydia Trachomatis Infection, Tsehay Eshete Mekonnen

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