Biology:Foldase

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Short description: Molecular chaperones

In molecular biology, foldases are a particular kind of molecular chaperones that assist the non-covalent folding of proteins in an ATP-dependent manner.[1] Examples of foldase systems are the GroEL/GroES and the DnaK/DnaJ/GrpE system.

References

  1. Hoffmann, J. R. H.; Linke, K.; Graf, P. C.; Lilie, H.; Jakob, U. (2003). "Identification of a redox-regulated chaperone network". The EMBO Journal 23 (1): 160–168. doi:10.1038/sj.emboj.7600016. PMID 14685279. 

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