saperoni — meaning in English
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English meaning
- chaperone noun An adult who accompanies and supervises younger people at a social event, to make sure things stay appropriate.
Senses
saperoni is used for these senses in English:
- chaperone (biochemistry) A protein that assists the non-covalent folding/unfolding and the assembly/disassembly of other macromolecular structures, but does not occur in these structures when the latter are performing their normal biological functions.
chaperone — full definition
- noun An adult who accompanies and supervises younger people at a social event, to make sure things stay appropriate.
- noun In biology, a protein that helps other molecules fold correctly without becoming part of the final structure itself.
- verb To supervise and accompany someone, typically at an event.