AAA family proteins often perform chaperone-like functions that assist in the assembly, operation, or disassembly of protein complexes [2].

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2: AAA+: A class of chaperone-like ATPases associated with the assembly, operation, and disassembly of protein complexes. Neuwald AF, Aravind L, Spouge JL, Koonin EV; Genome Res 1999;9:27-43. PMID:9927482