Holdase

Noun

Definitions

1.NounA particular kind of molecular chaperone that assists the non-covalent folding of proteins in an ATP-dependent manner. Holdases bind to protein folding intermediates to prevent their aggregation but without directly refolding them.

Synonyms

chaperone chaperome cochaperone foldase superchaperone heat shock protein prefoldin chaperonin metallochaperone heterochaperone unfoldase chaperokine

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