HSP70 — Cucumis melo

Summary

MELO3C021648.2 (HSP70) on melon chromosome 10 encodes a heat shock 70 family chaperone with ATP hydrolase activity, ATP binding, and heat shock protein binding functions. It is associated with protein folding in the endoplasmic reticulum, protein refolding, the ERAD pathway, and the ER unfolded protein response. The gene is linked to responses to stress, heat, and virus, as well as pollen tube growth. Its product localises to the ER chaperone complex, ER lumen, chloroplast membrane, tonoplast, cytoplasm, nucleus, and axonemal central pair projection. Studies of related genes in other species, including BIP and SCE70, link the family to similar chaperone functions.