Bardwell J C, Craig E A
Department of Physiological Chemistry, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison 53706.
J Bacteriol. 1988 Jul;170(7):2977-83. doi: 10.1128/jb.170.7.2977-2983.1988.
Hsp83 is a major eucaryotic heat shock protein and one of the most conserved proteins known. We have isolated an Escherichia coli gene homologous to eucaryotic Hsp83 and used it to construct a deletion mutation. The E. coli mutant was viable but had a slight growth disadvantage that increased with temperature.