prefoldin

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Noun

Any of a [[family]] of [[protein]]s used in protein-[[fold]]ing [[complex]]es. A prefoldin molecule works as a transfer protein in conjunction with a molecule of chaperonin to form a chaperone complex and correctly fold other nascent proteins.

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