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holdases

holdases is the plural of holdase.

Meaning of holdase

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

Questions about holdases

What is holdases the plural of?
Holdases is the plural of holdase.

Words near holdases in the dictionary

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

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