Cpn10 polyclonal antibody

The heat shock proteins (HSPs) comprise a group of highly conserved, abundantly expressed proteins with diverse functions, including the assembly and sequestering of multiprotein complexes, transportation of nascent poly-peptide chains across cellular membranes and regulation of protein folding. Heat shock proteins (also known as molecular chaperones) fall into six general families: HSP 90, HSP 70, HSP 60, the low molecular weight HSPs, the immunophilins and the HSP 110 family. The low molecular weight family includes HSP 10, HSP 20, HSP 27, HSP 32 and HSP 40. HSP 10, a 102 amino acid protein, forms a heptameric ring of seven identical subunits. This ring binds at either end of HSP 60 to form a functional heterodimer.