Chaperone-Assisted Protein Folding: Hartl and Horwich Win 2011 Lasker Award for Molecular Machinery Discovery
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This article covers the 2011 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award, which honored Franz-Ulrich Hartl and Arthur L. Horwich for their groundbreaking discoveries on chaperone-assisted protein folding. Their research revealed how cage-like molecular structures (chaperonins) help newly synthesized proteins fold into their biologically active three-dimensional forms, overturning the traditional notion that protein folding occurs spontaneously. The work has profound implications for understanding diseases linked to protein misfolding, such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Huntington's.
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· 3 pulledFor discoveries concerning the cell's protein-folding machinery, exemplified by cage-like structures that convert newly made proteins into their biologically active forms.
Franz-Ulrich Hartl and Arthur L. Horwich toppled traditional notion
The 2011 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award honors two scientists for their discoveries concerning the cell's protein-folding machinery
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