The Hsp60 protein of helicobacter pylori displays chaperone activity under acidic conditions.

The heat shock protein, Hsp60, is one of the most abundant proteins in . Given its sequence homology to the Hsp60 or GroEL, Hsp60 from would be expected to function as a molecular chaperone in this organism. is an organism that grows on the gastric epithelium, where the pH can fluctuate between neutral and 4.