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Heat shock 10 kDa protein 1 (Hsp10) also known as chaperonin 10 (cpn10) or early-pregnancy factor (EPF) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HSPE1 gene. The homolog in E. coli is GroES that is a chaperonin which usually works in conjunction with GroEL.GroES exists as a ring-shaped oligomer of between six to eight identical subunits while the 60 kDa chaperonin (cpn60 – or groEL in bacteria) forms a structure comprising 2 stacked rings each ring containing 7 identical subunits.
