Chaperonin GroE
Chaperonin GroE is a protein complex composed of GroEL (14 subunits, 57 kDa) and GroES (7 subunits, 10 kDa). It is thought to support the ability of proteins to form tertiary structure upon (or immediately after) translation. GroE is essential to assembly (and presumably reassembly after denaturation) of protein complexes in vivo. Chaperonin GroEL and GroES can be used for refolding denatured proteins to recover functional activity.
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