UniProt functional annotation for P61491

UniProt code: P61491.

Organism: Thermus thermophilus.
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Deinococcus-Thermus; Deinococci; Thermales; Thermaceae; Thermus.
 
Function: Prevents misfolding and promotes the refolding and proper assembly of unfolded polypeptides generated under stress conditions. {ECO:0000250}.
 
Subunit: Oligomer of 14 subunits composed of two stacked rings of 7 subunits. {ECO:0000250}.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000250}.
Similarity: Belongs to the chaperonin (HSP60) family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.