holdase

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Noun

1. A particular kind of [[molecular]] [[chaperone]] that assists the non-covalent folding of [[protein]]s in an [[ATP]]-dependent manner. Holdases bind to protein folding intermediates to prevent their aggregation but without directly refolding them.

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