Nature Communications (Oct 2016)

ARD1-mediated Hsp70 acetylation balances stress-induced protein refolding and degradation

  • Ji Hae Seo,
  • Ji-Hyeon Park,
  • Eun Ji Lee,
  • Tam Thuy Lu Vo,
  • Hoon Choi,
  • Jun Yong Kim,
  • Jae Kyung Jang,
  • Hee-Jun Wee,
  • Hye Shin Lee,
  • Se Hwan Jang,
  • Zee Yong Park,
  • Jaeho Jeong,
  • Kong-Joo Lee,
  • Seung-Hyeon Seok,
  • Jin Young Park,
  • Bong Jin Lee,
  • Mi-Ni Lee,
  • Goo Taeg Oh,
  • Kyu-Won Kim

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12882
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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The chaperone Hsp70 has a dual role, promoting both protein refolding and protein degradation. Seo and Park et al. show that Hsp70 acetylation enhances protein refolding after stress, and that subsequent deacetylation progressively promotes ubiquitin ligase binding and protein degradation.