Co-chaperonin GroES

UniProtKB accession:  P0A6F9

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UniProtKB description:  Together with the chaperonin GroEL, plays an essential role in assisting protein folding (PubMed:2897629, PubMed:2573517, PubMed:10532860, PubMed:1676490, PubMed:16751100, PubMed:18418386, PubMed:18987317, PubMed:20603018, PubMed:24816391). The GroEL-GroES system forms a nano-cage that allows encapsulation of the non-native substrate proteins and provides a physical environment optimized to promote and accelerate protein folding, probably by preventing aggregation and by entropically destabilizing folding intermediates (PubMed:16751100, PubMed:18418386, PubMed:18987317, PubMed:20603018, PubMed:24816391). GroES binds to the apical surface of the GroEL ring, thereby capping the opening of the GroEL channel (PubMed:9285585). Regulates the ATPase activity of GroEL (PubMed:1676490, PubMed:1361169).