NCBI Accession #
NP_001318614.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_001343684.1
NCBI Official Full Name
chaperonin 20
NCBI Official Symbol
CPN20
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
ATCPN21; CHAPERONIN 10; chaperonin 20; CHCPN10; CHLOROPLAST CHAPERONIN 10; CPN10; CPN21; T1M15.120; T1M15_120
NCBI Protein Information
chaperonin 20
NCBI Summary
Encodes a chloroplast co-chaperonin with similarity to CPN21 from spinach, E.coli GroES.
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
CHCPN10; CPN21; Ch-CPN10; Cpn10
UniProt Protein Name
20 kDa chaperonin, chloroplastic
UniProt Synonym Protein Names
Chaperonin 10; Ch-CPN10; Cpn10; Chaperonin 20; Protein Cpn21
UniProt Primary Accession #
O65282
UniProt Secondary Accession #
Q9TNN2
UniProt Related Accession #
O65282
UniProt Comments
Seems to function only as a co-chaperone, along with CPN60, and in certain cases is essential for the discharge of biologically active proteins from CPN60 (PubMed:17178727, PubMed:23057508). Required to activate the iron superoxide dismutases (FeSOD) (PubMed:23057508).