Chaperonin ATPase explained

Chaperonin ATPase
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Chaperonin ATPase (chaperonin) is an enzyme with systematic name ATP phosphohydrolase (polypeptide-unfolding).^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

ATP + H₂O

\rightleftharpoons ADP + phosphate

These enzymes are a subclass of molecular chaperones.

See also

• Chaperonin

Notes and References

1. Hemmingsen SM, Woolford C, van der Vies SM, Tilly K, Dennis DT, Georgopoulos CP, Hendrix RW, Ellis RJ . Homologous plant and bacterial proteins chaperone oligomeric protein assembly . Nature . 333 . 6171 . 330–4 . May 1988 . 2897629 . 10.1038/333330a0 .
2. Lubben TH, Donaldson GK, Viitanen PV, Gatenby AA . Several proteins imported into chloroplasts form stable complexes with the GroEL-related chloroplast molecular chaperone . The Plant Cell . 1 . 12 . 1223–30 . December 1989 . 2577724 . 159857 . 10.1105/tpc.1.12.1223 .
3. Book: The Chaperonins . 1996 . - . Ellis, R.J. . Academic Press . San Diego .
4. Ranson NA, White HE, Saibil HR . Chaperonins . The Biochemical Journal . 333 (Pt 2) . 233–42 . July 1998 . 9657960 . 1219577 .