Chaperone or Chaperon may refer to: * Chaperone (social) or chaperon, a person who accompanies or supervises young people on social occasions *

Chaperone (clinical) In clinical medicine, a chaperone is a person who serves as a witness for both a patient and a medical practitioner as a safeguard for both parties during a medical examination or procedure. The exact responsibilities vary according to the clinical ...

, a person who acts as a witness during a medical examination or procedure *

Chaperon (headgear) A chaperon ( or ; Middle French: ''chaperon'') was a form of hood or, later, highly versatile hat worn in all parts of Western Europe in the Middle Ages. Initially a utilitarian garment, it first grew a long partly decorative tail behind called ...

, a form of hood or hat worn in Western Europe in the Middle Ages

Biology

Chaperone (protein) In molecular biology, molecular chaperones are proteins that assist the conformational folding or unfolding of large proteins or macromolecular protein complexes. There are a number of classes of molecular chaperones, all of which function to assi ...

, a protein that assists non-covalent folding/unfolding *

Co-chaperone Co-chaperones are proteins that assist chaperone (protein), chaperones in protein folding and other functions. Co-chaperones are the non-client binding molecules that assist in protein folding mediated by Hsp70 and Hsp90. They are particularly esse ...

, a protein that assists a chaperone in protein folding and other functions *

Pharmacological chaperone A pharmacological chaperone or pharmacoperone is a drug that acts as a protein chaperone. That is, it contains small molecules that enter cells and serve as a molecular scaffolding in order to cause otherwise- misfolded mutant proteins to fold an ...

, a molecule which stabilizes protein folding, used in treatment for loss of function *

Chaperone-mediated autophagy Chaperone-mediated autophagy (CMA) refers to the chaperone-dependent selection of soluble cytosolic proteins that are then targeted to lysosomes and directly translocated across the lysosome membrane for degradation. The unique features of this type ...

, a selective type of autophagy *

MEAI MEAI (5-methoxy-2-aminoindane or 5-MeO-AI or Chaperon) belongs to the indane family of molecules. Its molecular structure was first mentioned implicitly in a markush structure schema appearing in a patent from 1998. It was later explicitly and pha ...

or "Chaperon", a pharmaceutical drug used as a safer alternative to alcohol

People

* Bob Chaperon (born 1958), a retired Canadian snooker and billiards player *

Nicolas Chaperon Nicolas Chaperon (bapt. 19 October 1612, in Châteaudun – 1656 in Lyon) was a French painter, draughtsman and engraver, a student in Paris of Simon Vouet whose style he adopted before he was further matured by his stay in Rome (1642–51) in ...

(died 1656), a French painter, draughtsman and engraver *

Philippe Chaperon Philippe Chaperon (2 February 1823 – 21 December 1906) was a French painter and scenic designer, particularly known for his work at the Paris Opera. He produced stage designs for the premieres of numerous 19th-century operas, including Verdi's ...

(1823–1907), a French scenographer

Biology

People

See also