James R Partridge, Laura A Lavery ... David A Agard
Cytosolic and organellar Hsp90s from higher eukaryotes have evolved a variable, and environmentally responsive N-terminal extension to regulate their activity.
Kevin D Siegenthaler, Kristeen A Pareja ... Carolyn S Sevier
Building on previous work (Wang et al., 2014), it is shown that the nucleotide exchange factor of the chaperone BiP (Sil1) unexpectedly facilitates the reduction of oxidized BiP.
Plasmodium parasites use host-derived factors to form more rosettes and hamper phagocytosis, representing a new escape mechanism for the malaria parasites.
Marina A Kasimova, Debanjan Tewari ... Baron Chanda
The gating polarity of a voltage-gated ion channel is primarily determined by turn propensity of residues at a critical position in the middle of the S4 voltage-sensing helix.
Hannah R Martin, Anna Lysakowski, Ruth Anne Eatock
A striking and consequential conductance in vestibular type I hair cells is finally shown to depend on a little-known Shaker subunit that contributes to conventional conductances in other hair cells.