English
holdase
From hold + -ase?
Formed from hold + -ase
Proto-Germanic *haldaną ‘to tend, herd’
Proto-West Germanic *haldan
Old English healdan
Middle English holden ‘to hold’
English hold
Today it means
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.
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Etymograph / holdase