Chaperonin vs. Chaperone

Chaperoninnoun

(protein) Any of a class of chaperone proteins

Chaperonenoun

An older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman.

Chaperonin

HSP60, also known as chaperonins (Cpn), is a family of heat shock proteins originally sorted by their 60kDa molecular mass. They prevent misfolding of proteins during stressful situations such as high heat, by assisting protein folding.

Chaperonenoun

(biochemistry) A protein that assists the non-covalent folding/unfolding and the assembly/disassembly of other macromolecular structures, but does not occur in these structures when the latter are performing their normal biological functions.

Chaperonenoun

An employee sent by a British company to the European Union to work with a client there, to circumvent restrictions imposed after Brexit.

Chaperoneverb

To act as a chaperone.

Chaperoneverb

To work as a chaperone.

Chaperonenoun

one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people

Chaperoneverb

accompany as a chaperone