Chaperone

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Chaperone or Chaperon may refer to:

• Chaperone (social) or chaperon, a person who accompanies or supervises young people on social occasions
• Chaperone (clinical), a person who acts as a witness for a patient and a medical practitioner during a medical examination or procedure
• Chaperon (headgear), a form of hood or versatile hat worn in Western Europe in the Middle Ages

Biology

• Chaperone (protein), a protein that assists non-covalent folding/unfolding in molecular biology
• Co-chaperone, a protein that assists a chaperone in protein folding and other functions
• Extracellular chaperone, a chaperone found in the extracellular space
• Pharmacological chaperone, a small molecule which stabilizes the correct folding of a protein resulting in a recovery of function lost due to mutation, can be used for medical treatment
• Chaperone-mediated autophagy, a selective type of autophagy

People

• Bob Chaperon (born 1958), Canadian retired snooker and billiards player
• Nicolas Chaperon (died 1656), French painter, draughtsman and engraver

See also

• The Chaperone (disambiguation)
• Chaperonin