A protein induced in a living cell in response to a rise in temperature above the normal level.
Example sentencesExamples
- Some plants counter the effect by making so-called heat-shock proteins, which probably stabilize the other proteins.
- Further energy is required if proteins are irreversibly denatured and cannot be rescued by heat-shock proteins.
- The worms had been genetically modified to produce a heat-shock protein when exposed to other stresses besides heat.
- The plant produces heat-shock proteins, which prevent wound proteins from forming and protect the shocked tissue from later stress.
- The duo came to this conclusion after they found the worms' cells produced heat-shock proteins due to the radiation.