2,3-DPG. An organic phosphate in red blood cells that alters the affinity of hemoglobin for oxygen. Blood cells stored in a blood bank lose 2,3-diphosphoglycerate, but once they are infused, the substance is resynthesized or reactivated.
Definition of soft fold. : the fold that results when paper is lapped.
Chaperone-mediated protein folding. (a) Many proteins 1 fold into their proper three-dimensional structure with the assistance of Hsp70, a molecular chaperone that transiently binds to a nascent polypeptide as it emerges from a ribosome. Proper folding