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Review
. 2020 Feb;26(2):e3235.
doi: 10.1002/psc.3235. Epub 2019 Dec 22.

Peptides in proteins

Benedikt Weber  1 , Andreas Maier  1 , Johannes Buchner  1
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Review

Peptides in proteins

Benedikt Weber et al. J Pept Sci. 2020 Feb.

Abstract
in English, German

During evolution C-terminal peptide extensions were added to proteins on the gene level. These convey additional functions such as interaction with partner proteins or oligomerisation. IgM antibodies and molecular chaperones are two prominent examples discussed.

The protein universe as we know is composed of folded structures and intrinsic disordered regions. The latter may adopt structures upon interaction with binding partners. In addition, some proteins contain C-terminal extensions which act as independent functional units in the context of the protein. Since their activity does not depend on the protein context they can be considered as peptides in proteins. To illustrate this principle, we here discuss the C-terminal extensions of IgM antibodies which dictate their assembly and the molecular chaperones Hsp90, Hsp70, and Hsp104 which use C-terminal peptide extensions as a docking site for interaction with different co-chaperones.

Keywords: C-terminal extensions; Hsp90; IgM; TPR; co-chaperone; peptides; proteins; tailpiece.

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