Etymology

metallochaperone

Today it means: Any of a family of proteins that move metal ions to specific sites within a cell, normally to bind with metalloenzymes and cofactors Full definition →

English chaperone ← Ancient Greek μέτᾰλλον (métăllon)
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  1. Ancient Greekμέτᾰλλον (métăllon)
  2. Englishmetallo-
  3. Englishchaperone
  4. English todaymetallochaperone

From metallo- + chaperone.

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