Energy within the cell: Energy-saving chaperon Hsp90

A special group of proteins, the so-called chaperons, helps other proteins to obtain their correct conformation. Until now scientists supposed that hydrolyzing ATP provides the energy for the large conformational changes of chaperon Hsp90. Now a research team has demonstrated that Hsp90 utilizes thermal fluctuations as the driving force for its conformational changes.

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