Chaperonin 60

Synonyms

GroEL Protein

GroEL Stress Protein

Heat Shock Protein 60

Heat Shock Proteins 60

Heat-Shock Protein 60

Heat-Shock Proteins 60

hsp60 Family

hsp60 Protein

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.