All are true about chaperones except
chaperones are proteins that assist the covalent folding or unfolding and the assembly or disassembly of other macromolecular structures. Chaperones are present when the macromolecules perform their normal biological functions and have correctly completed the processes of folding and/or assembly. The chaperones are concerned primarily with protein folding. The first protein to be called a chaperone assists the assembly of nucleosomes from folded histones and DNA and such assembly chaperones, especially in the nucleus, are concerned with the assembly of folded subunits into oligomeric structures Ref-Sathyanarayana 4/e p387
Cause folding of proteins
Are lipid in nature
May have ATPase activity
Include heat shock proteins
Metabolism of nucleic acids