foldase

{{Short description|Molecular chaperones}}

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In molecular biology, foldases are a particular kind of molecular chaperones that assist the non-covalent folding of proteins in an ATP-dependent manner.{{Cite journal

| last1 = Hoffmann | first1 = J. R. H.

| last2 = Linke | first2 = K.

| last3 = Graf | first3 = P. C.

| last4 = Lilie | first4 = H.

| last5 = Jakob | first5 = U.

| title = Identification of a redox-regulated chaperone network

| doi = 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600016

| journal = The EMBO Journal

| volume = 23

| issue = 1

| pages = 160–168

| year = 2003

| pmid = 14685279

| pmc =1271656

}} Examples of foldase systems are the GroEL/GroES and the DnaK/DnaJ/GrpE system.