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unchaperoned

unchaperoned

7.7
A protein that folds without help from other proteins that guide its shape
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈʃæpərən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : sin asistencia
  • The newly synthesized enzyme remained unchaperoned in the cytosol and failed to fold correctly.

Examples

  • Researchers studied how unchaperoned proteins behave differently from those with chaperone assistance.

  • Without proper guidance, some molecules remain unchaperoned and do not reach their functional shape.

  • This experiment involves proteins folding unchaperoned.

  • The research focused on how proteins behave unchaperoned.

  • The newly synthesized enzyme remained unchaperoned in the cytosol and failed to fold correctly.

  • Researchers studied how unchaperoned proteins behave differently from those with chaperone assistance.

  • Without proper guidance, some molecules remain unchaperoned and do not reach their functional shape.

Synonyms

unsupervised
vsunchaperoned
21 4.2

Not watched by an adult or person in charge

refers instead to lack of a specialized molecular assistant rather than lack of supervision
unaided
vsunchaperoned
3 4.9

Done without help from other people

is used for processes lacking a specific molecular assistant in biology
unaccompanied
vsunchaperoned
4.2

Happening without something that usually comes with it

focuses on absence of a partner or helper specific to molecular folding

Surface Forms

unchaperoned positive

Morphology

unchaperoned = chaperone (transparent) = un + chaperone + ed

The morphological formation is the same: chaperone + -ed, then negated by 'un-'; the biological usage is a domain-specific extension but morphologically regular.

Etymology

Unchaperoned uses the same parts: un- 'not' and chaperone, which in biology is a helper that guides a protein to fold correctly. So an unchaperoned protein is 'not helped' by a chaperone and may fail to reach its right shape.