Fig. 2

A speculative model for the Hsp90-Cdc37-client protein cycle. Cdc37 first tests the proper substrates and establishes stable connection with the client protein to create a Cdc37-client protein binary complex. Then, the binary complex binds to Hsp90 to form a ternary complex. The formation of the Hsp90-Cdc37-client protein ternary complex finally facilitates client protein loading onto the Hsp90 chaperone machinery. It is worthy of note that Cdc37 will be phosphorylated by casein kinase 2 (CK2) at Ser13 before connecting with client proteins and dephosphorylated by the protein phosphatase 5 (PP5) before client protein release