@article{ccc856816a9d448385d828b3735cd4a0,
title = "Some like it hot: The structure and function of small heat-shock proteins",
abstract = "Small heat-shock proteins (sHsps) are a widespread and diverse class of molecular chaperones. Recent evidence suggests that they maintain protein homeostasis by binding proteins in non-native conformations, thereby preventing substrate aggregation. Some members of the sHsp family are inactive or only partially active under physiological conditions, and transition toward the active state is induced by specific triggers, such as elevated temperature. Release of substrate proteins bound to sHsps requires cooperation with ATP-dependent chaperones, suggesting that sHsps create a reservoir of non-native proteins for subsequent refolding.",
author = "Martin Haslbeck and Titus Franzmann and Daniel Weinfurtner and Johannes Buchner",
note = "Funding Information: We would like to apologize to all researchers in the field to whose work we could not refer because of a limit on the number of citations. We thank C. Slingsby (Birkbeck College, London) and P. Stewart (Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA) for data on the oligomeric complexes of wheat Hsp16.9 and α-crystallin, respectively. Work in the authors{\textquoteright} laboratory was supported by grants from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie to J.B. and M.H.",
year = "2005",
month = oct,
doi = "10.1038/nsmb993",
language = "English",
volume = "12",
pages = "842--846",
journal = "Nature Structural and Molecular Biology",
issn = "1545-9993",
publisher = "Nature Publishing Group",
number = "10",
}