Co-chaperone for HSP70 and HSC70 chaperone proteins. Acts as a nucleotide-exchange factor (NEF) promoting the release of ADP from the HSP70 and HSC70 proteins thereby triggering client/substrate protein release (PubMed:24318877, PubMed:9873016).
We provided definite evidence that mapkapk2 phosphorylates bag2 at ser 20 in vitro and in vivo. These results demonstrate that bag2 is a novel component of the p38 mapk signaling pathways.