The Brichos Domain: Its Proproteins and Functions

by Jenny Presto and Jan Johansson

This Brief summarizes the current research on the novel BRICHOS domain, which is a chaperone domain found in a variety of proteins and is shown to exhibit anti-amyloidogenic chaperone-like functions. The BRICHOS domain is defined from sequence similarities, lacks established physiological function(s) and is found about 10 distantly related pro-protein families, several of which are associated with human disease. In this work, the authors review the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319165631
• ISBN13: 9783319165639
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 28 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"