HSP60 (heat shock protein) works together with the cochaperonin HSP10 to allow protein folding of mitochondrial-imported proteins. It is involved in brain myelination and pathogenesis of hypomyelinating neurodegenerative disease.
[3] It also enhances proinflammatory response in cells, including macrophages, dendritic cells and endothelial cells.
[4] Mutation in HSP60 is linked with hereditary spastic paraplegia (SPG13).
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