Which of the following is the primary function of chaperones?
Correct Answer: Protein folding
Description: Chaperones attach to nascent polypeptide chains and prevent wrong foldings so that folding is allowed only in the correct direction. They help in the assembly of teiary and quaternary structure of protein. They are not pa of mature protein. They have ATPase activity. Ref: Vasudevan Biochemistry, 3rd Edition, Page 361
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