Holdase
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A 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.
"As a part of that network, holdase chaperones are able to communicate with other chaperones in the network, to achieve refolding of misfolded clients."
Example
More examples"As a part of that network, holdase chaperones are able to communicate with other chaperones in the network, to achieve refolding of misfolded clients."
Etymology
From hold + -ase?
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