Molecular chaperone that promotes the maturation, structural maintenance and proper regulation of specific target proteins involved for instance in cell cycle control and signal transduction. Undergoes a functional cycle that is linked to its ATPase activity. This cycle probably induces conformational changes in the client proteins, thereby causing their activation. Interacts dynamically with various co- chaperones that modulate its substrate recognition, ATPase cycle and chaperone function. In response to cellular stress, up-regulated in distal tissues in a pqm-1-dependent manner, preventing protein misfolding and maintaining proteostasis (PubMed:29949773). By stabilizing the receptor-type guanylate cyclase daf-11 or another signal transduction component that regulates cGMP levels, plays a role in dauer formation and chemotaxis to non-volatile and volatile attractants detected by AWC sensory neurons (PubMed:10790386, PubMed:7828815). Participates in the control of cell cycle progression at the prophase/metaphase transition in oocyte development by ensuring the activity of wee-1.3 kinase, which negatively regulates cdk-1 through its phosphorylation (PubMed:16466390). Regulates yap-1 nuclear export after heat shock treatment (PubMed:23396260). {Experimental EvidencePubMed:10790386, Experimental EvidencePubMed:16466390, Experimental EvidencePubMed:23396260, Experimental EvidencePubMed:29949773, Experimental EvidencePubMed:7828815}.
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Department of Biology
Biophysics & Bioinformatics Laboratory