"Chaperonin 60" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A group I chaperonin protein that forms the barrel-like structure of the chaperonin complex. It is an oligomeric protein with a distinctive structure of fourteen subunits, arranged in two rings of seven subunits each. The protein was originally studied in BACTERIA where it is commonly referred to as GroEL protein.
| Descriptor ID |
D018834
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.040.025.142.500.500 D12.776.580.216.210.590.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Chaperonin 60- Chaperonin 60
- hsp60 Protein
- hsp60 Family
- Heat-Shock Protein 60
- Heat Shock Protein 60
- Heat-Shock Proteins 60
- Heat Shock Proteins 60
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