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misfolded

misfolded is the simple past and past participle of misfold.

Meaning of misfold

Verb

misfold (third-person singular simple present misfolds, present participle misfolding, simple past and past participle misfolded)

  1. (intransitive) To fold into an unusual or incorrect tertiary structure; misfolded proteins occur in various diseases, including amyloidoses and dementias, although the question of causation versus consequence is not yet definitively answered for dementias.
    • The prionopathies are best known among the neurodegenerative diseases for their ability to misfold, self-propagate, and infect other organisms.2021 March 1, Anderson, K.N.; Overcast, W.B.; Brosch, J.R.; Graner, B.D.; Veronesi, M.C., “Prionopathies and Prionlike Protein Aberrations in Neurodegenerative Diseases”, in American Society of...

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Adjective

misfolded (comparative more misfolded, superlative most misfolded)

  1. (molecular biology) folded into an incorrect tertiary structure

Forms of misfolded

comparativemore misfolded
superlativemost misfolded

Questions about misfolded

What does misfolded mean?
Misfolded means folded into an incorrect tertiary structure.
What is misfolded the simple past and past participle of?
Misfolded is the simple past and past participle of misfold.
What part of speech is misfolded?
Misfolded is an adjective.

Words near misfolded in the dictionary

  1. misfocuses
  2. misfocusing
  3. misfocussed
  4. misfocussing
  5. misfold
  6. misfolded
  7. misfolding
  8. misfoldings
  9. misfolds
  10. misfool
  11. misfooled

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