title: The J-domain family and the recruitment of chaperone power.
abstract: The defining feature of the Hsp40 chaperone family is a approximately 70-amino-acid-residue signature, termed the J domain, that is necessary for orchestrating interactions with its Hsp70 chaperone partner(s). J-domain proteins play important regulatory roles as co-chaperones, recruiting Hsp70 partners and accelerating the ATP-hydrolysis step of the chaperone cycle. Certain proteins could have acquired a J domain in order to present a specific substrate(s) to an Hsp70 partner and thus capitalize upon chaperone activities when carrying out cellular functions. J-domain proteins participate in complex biological processes, such as cell-cycle control by DNA tumor viruses, regulation of protein kinases and exocytosis.
authors.affiliation: Dépt de Biochimie Médicale, Centre Médical Universitaire, Université de Genève, Switzerland. william.kelley@medecine.unige.ch
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Kelley
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011487:Protein Conformation; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins