Human/Mouse/Rat GRP75/HSPA9B Antibody

The 70 kDa heat shock proteins (HSP70s) are a highly conserved family of stress response proteins. The HSP70 family of proteins contains both heat/stress inducible and constitutively expressed members known as heat shock cognate proteins. Glucose Regulated 75 kDa Protein (GRP75, also known as HSPA9B, mitochondrial HSP70, and mortalin-2) is a 679 amino acid (aa) heat shock cognate protein. Many HSPs function as molecular chaperones, facilitating the folding of other cellular proteins. GRP75 is a mitochondrial protein involved in protein translocation into the mitochondria. Proteins crossing the mitochondrial membrane require unfolding before entering translocation pores in the mitochondrial outer membrane. GRP75 together with other inner membrane proteins of the mitochondria mediate this process. GRP75 also plays a role in the control of cell cycle progression.