Chaperone

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 during a medical examination or procedure Chaperon (headgear), a form of hood or hat worn in Western Europe in the Middle Ages

==Biology== Chaperone (protein), a protein that assists non-covalent folding/unfolding Co-chaperone, a protein that assists a chaperone in protein folding and other functions Pharmacological chaperone, a molecule which stabilizes protein folding, used in treatment for loss of function Chaperone-mediated autophagy, a selective type of autophagy MEAI or "Chaperon", a pharmaceutical drug used as a safer alternative to alcohol