ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Holdase

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Holdase is a noun meaning 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.

Meaning

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.

Example Sentences

As a part of that network, holdase chaperones are able to communicate with other chaperones in the network, to achieve refolding of misfolded clients.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include chaperone, chaperome, cochaperone, foldase, superchaperone, prefoldin.

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