English Explanatory Dictionary

chaperome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. All the proteins called chaperones that assist in the folding of misfolded proteins in an organism, and other functions.

Pronunciation

/ˈʃæpəɹəʊm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-chaperome.wav /ˈʃæpəɹoʊm/

Word forms

chaperome chaperomes

Etymology

From chaperone + -ome (suffix indicating the complete whole of a class of substances for a species or an individual), coined by American biochemist Xiaodong Wang and his collaborators in a November 2006 article in Cell: see the quotation.

Derived words

epichaperome
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