English

Etymology

Noun

1. An older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman.
2. 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.

Verb

1. to act as a chaperone

Quotations

• 2006: 'Purcell had volunteered to chaperone a delegation of female students' — The New Yorker, 17 April 2006, page 27.

Related terms

• chaperon

See also

• Wikipedia article: Chaperone (disambiguation)

• Chaperone (social), or chaperon, an adult who supervises one or more unmarried men or women during social occasions
• Chaperone (clinical), a person whose has a role to witness both a patient and a medical practitioner

Biology

• Chaperone (protein), a protein that assists the non-covalent folding/unfolding in molecular biology
• Co-chaperone, a protein that assists a chaperone in protein folding and other functions
• 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

See also

• Chaperon (headgear), a form of hood or versatile hat worn in Western Europe in the Middle Ages
• The Chaperone (Seinfeld episode), is the 87th episode of NBC sitcom, Seinfeld, first broadcast in 1994
• The Chaperone, a 1999 episode of SpongeBob SquarePants
• The Drowsy Chaperone, a musical within a comedy