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holdase

holdase noun: 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.

Noun

holdase (plural holdases)

  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.2015 July 28, Ohad Suss, Dana Reichmann, “Protein plasticity underlines activation and function of ATP-independent chaperones”, in Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, volume 2, →DOI

Forms of holdase

pluralholdases

Origin of holdase

From hold + -ase?

Questions about holdase

What does holdase mean?
Holdase means 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.
What part of speech is holdase?
Holdase is a noun.
What is the plural of holdase?
The plural of holdase is holdases.

Words near holdase in the dictionary

  1. hold-uppers
  2. hold-ups
  3. holdable
  4. holdall
  5. holdalls
  6. holdase
  7. holdases
  8. Holdaway
  9. holdawayite
  10. holdawayites
  11. Holdaways

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