The Hsp70 chaperone network

R Rosenzweig, NB Nillegoda, MP Mayer… - … reviews molecular cell …, 2019 - nature.com
The 70-kDa heat shock proteins (Hsp70s) are ubiquitous molecular chaperones that act in a
large variety of cellular protein folding and remodelling processes. They function virtually at …

HSP70 multi-functionality in cancer

Z Albakova, GA Armeev, LM Kanevskiy, EI Kovalenko… - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
The 70-kDa heat shock proteins (HSP70s) are abundantly present in cancer, providing
malignant cells selective advantage by suppressing multiple apoptotic pathways, regulating …

Strain-release alkylation of Asp12 enables mutant selective targeting of K-Ras-G12D

Q Zheng, Z Zhang, KZ Guiley, KM Shokat - Nature Chemical Biology, 2024 - nature.com
K-Ras is the most commonly mutated oncogene in human cancer. The recently approved
non-small cell lung cancer drugs sotorasib and adagrasib covalently capture an acquired …

The Hydroxyquinoline Analogue YUM70 Inhibits GRP78 to Induce ER Stress–Mediated Apoptosis in Pancreatic Cancer

S Samanta, S Yang, B Debnath, D Xue, Y Kuang… - Cancer research, 2021 - AACR
Abstract GRP78 (glucose-regulated protein, 78 kDa) is a key regulator of endoplasmic
reticulum (ER) stress signaling. Cancer cells are highly proliferative and have high demand …

The Hsp70-chaperone machines in bacteria

MP Mayer - Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The ATP-dependent Hsp70s are evolutionary conserved molecular chaperones that
constitute central hubs of the cellular protein quality surveillance network. None of the other …

Rational design of allosteric modulators: Challenges and successes

A Chatzigoulas, Z Cournia - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in structural biology and computational techniques have revealed
allosteric mechanisms for an abundance of targets leading to the establishment of rational …

Function, therapeutic potential, and inhibition of Hsp70 chaperones

AJ Ambrose, E Chapman - Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2021 - ACS Publications
Hsp70s are among the most highly conserved proteins in all of biology. Through an iterative
binding and release of exposed hydrophobic residues on client proteins, Hsp70s can …

HSP70 family in cancer: signaling mechanisms and therapeutic advances

K Zhao, G Zhou, Y Liu, J Zhang, Y Chen, L Liu… - Biomolecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
The 70 kDa heat shock proteins (HSP70s) are a group of highly conserved and inducible
heat shock proteins. One of the main functions of HSP70s is to act as molecular chaperones …

Substrate-binding domain conformational dynamics mediate Hsp70 allostery

A Zhuravleva, LM Gierasch - Proceedings of the National …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Binding of ATP to the N-terminal nucleotide-binding domain (NBD) of heat shock protein 70
(Hsp70) molecular chaperones reduces the affinity of their C-terminal substrate-binding …

Allosteric modulators of HSP90 and HSP70: dynamics meets function through structure-based drug design

M Ferraro, I D'Annessa, E Moroni, G Morra… - Journal of medicinal …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Molecular chaperones HSP90 and HSP70 are essential regulators of the folding and
activation of a disparate ensemble of client proteins. They function through ATP hydrolysis …