The first of its kind, this volume presents the latest research findings on the chaperonins, the best studied family of a class of proteins known as molecular chaperones. These findings are changing our view of some fundamental cellular processes involving proteins, especially how proteins fold into their functional conformations.- Origins of the new view of protein folding- Prokaryotic chaperonins- Eukaryotic chaperonins- Evolution of the chaperonins- Refolding of denatured proteins- Organelle biosynthesis- Biomedical aspects
