1999
Chaperone rings in protein folding and degradation
Horwich A, Weber-Ban E, Finley D. Chaperone rings in protein folding and degradation. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1999, 96: 11033-11040. PMID: 10500119, PMCID: PMC34237, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.20.11033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubstrate proteinsNon-native formsProcess of foldingCellular proteinsDegradation chamberProtein foldingStep of recognitionProteolytic complexRing assemblyDivergent fatesConformational changesNative stateProteinChaperoninFoldingCentral cavityCooperative interactionsATPPolypeptideFateChaperonesCompartmentalizationVital roleMotifProtease
1994
GroEL-mediated protein folding proceeds by multiple rounds of binding and release of nonnative forms
Weissman J, Kashi Y, Fenton W, Horwich A. GroEL-mediated protein folding proceeds by multiple rounds of binding and release of nonnative forms. Cell 1994, 78: 693-702. PMID: 7915201, DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(94)90533-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCochaperonin GroESMultiple roundsGroEL functionChaperonin GroELKinetic partitioningMutant formsNonnative conformationsNonnative formsGroELAddition of ATPGroEL moleculeTryptophan fluorescenceFolding reactionDouble-ring structureUnfolded statePolypeptideDiverse setGroESProteolysisProteinATPBindingFateConformationComplexes