1. Noun. (protein) Any of a class of chaperone proteins ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Chaperonin
1. Subset of chaperone proteins found in prokaryotes, mitochondria and plastids major example is prokaryotic GroEL (the eukaryotic equivalent of which is hsp60).
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
