Protein Domain : Small heat shock protein IPR031107

Type	Family
Description	Prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms respond to heat shock or other environmental stress by inducing the synthesis of proteins collectively known as heat-shock proteins (hsp) []. Amongst them is a family of proteins with an average molecular weight of 20 Kd, known as the hsp20 proteins [, , ]. These seem to act as chaperones that can protect other proteins against heat-induced denaturation and aggregation. Hsp20 proteins seem to form large heterooligomeric aggregates.Structurally, this family is characterised by the presence of a conserved C-terminal domain of about 100 residues. This family also includes the related alpha-crystallin (alphaC) protein [ ].
Short Name	Small_HSP