Chaperone Function in Vitro

Abstract

Originally published in: Protein Folding Handbook. Part II. Edited by Johannes Buchner and Thomas Kiefhaber. Copyright © 2005 Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA Weinheim. Print ISBN: 3‐527‐30784‐2 The sections in this article are Introduction Basic Functional Principles of Molecular Chaperones Recognition of Nonnative Proteins Induction of Conformational Changes in the Substrate Energy Consumption and Regulation of Chaperone Function Limits and Extensions of the Chaperone Concept Co‐chaperones Specific Chaperones Working with Molecular Chaperones Natural versus Artificial Substrate Proteins Stability of Chaperones Acknowledgments