title: Molecular basis for interactions of the DnaK chaperone with substrates.
abstract: Hsp70 chaperones assist a large variety of protein folding processes in the cell by transient association with short peptide segments of proteins. The substrate binding and release cycle is driven by the switching between the low affinity ATP bound state and the high affinity ADP bound state of Hsp70. Considerable progress has been made recently by the identification of in vivo substrates for the Escherichia coli homolog, DnaK, and the molecular mechanisms which govern the DnaK-substrate interactions. Here we review the processes that generate DnaK substrates in vivo and the properties of these substrates, and we describe insights gained from structural and kinetic analysis of DnaK-substrate interaction.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, Universität Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Mayer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rüdiger
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bukau
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D018832:Molecular Chaperones / Q000378:metabolism*; D017510:Protein Folding
chemical_list: D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins; D018832:Molecular Chaperones; C063842:dnaK protein, E coli