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PFDN1

Prefoldin subunit 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PFDN1 gene.[1][2]

This gene encodes a member of the prefoldin beta subunit family. The encoded protein is one of six subunits of prefoldin, a molecular chaperone complex that binds and stabilizes newly synthesized polypeptides, thereby allowing them to fold correctly. The complex, consisting of two alpha and four beta subunits, forms a double beta barrel assembly with six protruding coiled-coils.[2]

References

References

  1. Vainberg IE, Lewis SA, Rommelaere H, Ampe C, Vandekerckhove J, Klein HL, Cowan NJ (Jul 1998). “Prefoldin, a chaperone that delivers unfolded proteins to cytosolic chaperonin”. Cell. 93 (5): 863–73. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81446-4. PMID 9630229.
  2. 2.0 2.1 “Entrez Gene: PFDN1 prefoldin subunit 1”.
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