In molecular biology, the Hsp17 thermometer is an RNA element (RNA thermometer) found in the 5' UTR of Hsp17 mRNA.[1] Hsp17 is a cyanobacterial heat shock protein belonging to the Hsp20 family.[2]
| Hsp17 thermometer | |
|---|---|
 Predicted secondary structure and sequence conservation of PinT small RNA | |
| Identifiers | |
| Rfam | RF02358 |
| Other data | |
| Domain(s) | Bacteria |
| GO | GO:0009266 |
| SO | SO:0005836 |
| PDB structures | PDBe |
At physiological temperature (28 degrees Celsius) the Hsp17 thermometer forms a hairpin structure, preventing translation of Hsp17. Under heat shock conditions the hairpin structure melts and translation takes place.[1]
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edit- ^ a b Kortmann J, Sczodrok S, Rinnenthal J, Schwalbe H, Narberhaus F (2011). "Translation on demand by a simple RNA-based thermosensor". Nucleic Acids Res. 39 (7): 2855–2868. doi:10.1093/nar/gkq1252. PMC 3074152. PMID 21131278.
- ^ Török Z, Goloubinoff P, Horváth I, Tsvetkova NM, Glatz A, Balogh G, et al. (2001). "Synechocystis HSP17 is an amphitropic protein that stabilizes heat-stressed membranes and binds denatured proteins for subsequent chaperone-mediated refolding". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 98 (6): 3098–3103. doi:10.1073/pnas.051619498. PMC 30613. PMID 11248038.
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