Small heat shock proteins (sHsps) are conserved across species and are important in stress
tolerance. Many sHsps exhibit chaperone-like activity in preventing aggregation of target …

Small heat shock proteins (sHSPs) are ATP-independent chaperones that delay formation of
harmful protein aggregates. sHSPs' role in protein homeostasis has been appreciated for …

Background The two α-crystallins (αA-and αB-crystallin) are major components of our eye
lenses. Their key function there is to preserve lens transparency which is a challenging task …

α-Crystallins are small heat-shock proteins that act as holdase chaperones. In humans, αA-
crystallin is expressed only in the eye lens, while αB-crystallin is found in many tissues. α …

The small heat-shock proteins (sHSPs) comprise a family of molecular chaperones which
are widespread but poorly understood. Despite considerable effort, comparatively few high …

Cataracts are caused by high-molecular-weight aggregates of human eye lens proteins that
scatter light, causing lens opacity. Metal ions have emerged as important potential players in …

α-Crystallins are key members of the superfamily of small heat shock proteins that have
been studied in detail in the ocular lens. Recently, novel functions for α-crystallins have …

Cataract is the leading cause of blindness in the world. It results from aggregation of eye
lens proteins into high-molecular-weight complexes, causing light scattering and lens …

Degradation efficiency of Atrazine by Klebsiella variicola FH-1 is improved by the addition of
Zn 2+. Both the chromosome and plasmid genomes of strain FH-1 were sequenced and …

The human small heat-shock protein αB-crystallin (αB) rescues misfolded proteins from
irreversible aggregation during cellular stress. Binding of Cu (II) was shown to modulate the …