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Which of the following would be affected when a protein is denatured?
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∙ 12y ago
Just for future reference, I would suggest including the options that you would like an answer to be formed from. Unfortunately, I am unable to deduce the answer from the options you have given me.
That said, I'll provide a brief synopsis of protein denaturation that will (hopefully) help you find the answer you are looking for.
Denaturation is a process where a protein loses its structure because of an externally introduced compound or physical stress. Common examples are alcohol, heat, and strong acids and bases (acetic acid or sodium hydroxide for example). This disrupts cellular processes and can ultimately result in cell death.
A practical example occurs in when a process called PCR (polymerase chain reaction) separates the two strands of DNA by breaking the adenine, guanine, thymine, and cytosine bonds between them. This allows reproduction of millions of strands of DNA, such as is necessary for cloning for genetic fingerprint identification.
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What is the name for an enzyme that has lost its ability?
No, enzymes stop working when the body dies
Is it good or bad when a protein is denatured?
No. Depending on what the protein is, the consequences could be good or bad for some particular individual. If you were about to be injected with snake venom and the venom proteins got denatured, that would be a very good thing for you. If the protein that's being denatured is your own hemoglobin, that's a very bad thing for you.
If a protein had its hydrogen bonds broken would it function properly?
No it would not function properly. If a protein has it's hydrogen bonds broken it becomes denatured.
Why would you not use heat to kill microorganisms in a protein-rich solution?
You certainly can use heat to kill microorganisms in a "protein-rich" solution if you don't care whether the proteins get denatured or not.
How would protein synthesis be affected if DNA was not replicate accurately?
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What structural level of a protein most affected by a disruption in hydrogen bonding?
The structural level of a protein is most affected by disruption would be the secondary structure. It is within the secondary structure where the folding and coiling of the protein is stabilized by hydrogen bonds.
How is a denatured protein different from a normal protein?
First of all, a protein consists of chains of amino acids and a single amino acid is coded by one codon of DNA. Mutations are able to insert, delete, replace and shift codons, which can result in amino acids being changed, removed or added, which would affect the protein that the amino acids are building.For example;Here is a strand of DNA in which the three codons in the middle codes for the amino acids.....TGG ATT ATG GAG TTC....-----> Isoleucine, Methionine, Glutamic acidSay that the strand of DNA has it's reading frame mutated (shifted).....GGA TTA TGG AGT TC....-----> Leucine, Tryptophan, SerineNotice how completely different amino acids arose from the mutation. Such a change may effect the protein's characteristics, as well as the phenotype of the organism.
If a toxic drug inhibited mRNA synthesis what would be most directly affected?
protein synthesis
What is a boiled egg?
An egg that has been boiled in hot water for a bit, put in the fridge, and then the shell is peeled off, and the white and yolk would be solid, and ready to eat!A boiled egg can be best defined as a mass of denatured protein, that became denatured by its subjection to heat. Unfortunatly for the egg this process is irreversible. Other ways that proteins can be denatured include changes to the pH of their environment, since this disrupts hydrogen, di-sulphide and peptide bonding in regions of the protein responsible for the stabilization of its secondary and primary structure.
What is heat shocked protein?
I guess a heat-shocked protein would be a denatured protein. Proteins and enzymes function under certain conditions, like pH and temperature. When the temperature gets too high, the protein unfolds itself, or denatures. When it gets back to normal conditions, it will just re-fold right back like it was before.
What items would be increased by the sale of the old equipment?
The "following" items would not be affected in the least!
Which of the following would most be affected by change in the atmosphere?
living things in the biosphere
