1. Department of Pathology, Department of Biological Chemistry, and the Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2216, USA;2. Department of Molecular Medicine, University of South Florida, 4001 E. Fletcher Avenue, MDC 36, Tampa, FL 33613, USA
Abstract:
Highlights? The stress-inducible chaperone Hsp72, but not constitutive Hsc70, is prone to oxidation ? Specific cysteine residues in Hsp72 may be important in redox sensing ? Oxidation of Hsp72 causes degradation of its substrate, tau, in cells