Foldase Explained

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.

See also

• Holdase
• Chaperonin
• Co-chaperone

Notes and References

1. Hoffmann . J. R. H. . Linke . K. . Graf . P. C. . Lilie . H. . Jakob . U. . Identification of a redox-regulated chaperone network . 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600016 . The EMBO Journal . 23 . 1 . 160–168 . 2003 . 14685279 . 1271656 .