Heat Shock Proteins (HSPs)

Heat shock proteins are helpers inside cells that keep proteins from misfolding, especially under stress. They help rescue or refold damaged proteins, prevent harmful clumps, and maintain protein stability. Labs use recombinant HSPs (like Hsp70, Hsp90, Hsp27 etc.) to study stress responses, folding problems, or to improve yields of tricky proteins. What matters most is that they stay active, stable, and consistent across batches. When HSPs do their job well, experiments are more reliable and less time is lost fixing misfolding errors.