holdase
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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.
Example Sentences
- "As a part of that network, holdase chaperones are able to communicate with other chaperones in the network, to achieve refolding of misfolded clients."