HSP70 — Cucumis melo

Summary

MELO3C021100.2 (HSP70) on melon chromosome 2 encodes a heat shock 70 family chaperone with ATP hydrolase activity, ATP binding, heat shock protein binding, and protein folding chaperone functions. This gene is associated with protein folding in the ER, protein refolding, the ERAD pathway, the ER unfolded protein response, response to stress, response to virus, response to heat, pollen germination, pollen tube growth, and pollen development. The encoded protein localizes to the ER lumen, ER chaperone complex, cytoplasm, nucleus, membrane, chloroplast membrane, axonemal central pair projection, and mediator complex. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to chaperone functions under the enzyme classification 3.6.4.10.