Hsp12 is an intrinsically unstructured stress protein that folds upon membrane association and modulates membrane
Sylvia Welker1, Birgit Rudolph, Elke Frenzel
1Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science, Technische Universität München, Department Chemie, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85747 Garching, Germany.
Abstract:
Hsp12 of S. cerevisiae is upregulated several 100-fold in response to stress. Our phenotypic analysis showed that this protein is important for survival of a variety of stress conditions, including high temperature. In the absence of Hsp12, we observed changes in cell morphology under stress conditions. Surprisingly, in the cell, Hsp12 exists both as a soluble cytosolic protein and associated to the plasma membrane. The in vitro analysis revealed that Hsp12, unlike all other Hsps studied so far, is completely unfolded; however, in the presence of certain lipids, it adopts a helical structure. The presence of Hsp12 does not alter the overall lipid composition of the plasma membrane but increases membrane stability.
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