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Heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) is a highly conserved and ubiquitous molecular chaperone that is important in maintaining protein homeostasis in the cell. Its function is regulated by a wide range of co-chaperones, and inhibition of these functions and interactions with co-chaperones are emerging as potential therapeutic targets for numerous diseases. This study sought to biochemically characterize the cytosolic TbHsp70 and TbHsp70.4 proteins and to investigate if they functionally co-operate with the Type I J-protein, Tbj2. Expression of TbHsp70 was shown to be heat inducible, while TbHsp70.4 was constitutively expressed. The basal ATPase activities of TbHsp70.4 and TbHsp70 were stimulated by Tbj2. It was further determined that Tbj2 functionally co-operated with TbHsp70 and TbHsp70.4 as the J-protein was shown to stimulate the ability of both proteins to mediate the refolding of chemically denatured \u03b2-galactosidase. 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