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Proteins break down when heated because the chemical bonds dissociate if they are heated sufficiently. This is how heat kills living things, like bacteria which are killed by the heat when sterilizing medical instruments.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoheating causes the molecular motion and hence disrupts the various attractive forces present within a protein,therefore destroying its structure
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Bacteria and viruses are destroyed by?
Using bactericides and when it is possible by heating.
What is it called when you heat a protein and ruin its structure?
Denaturation is what heating a protein and ruining its structure is called. The protein structure can also be denatured using chemicals, radiation, etc.
What function would immediately cease if the ribosomes of a cell were destroyed?
Protein synthesis would immediately cease.
How do you destroy the hydrogen bonds holding DNA together?
It can be done by heating and the process is called denaturation of protein of DNA
What is the word that means heated until all living organisms have been killed?
Pasteurised - After Louis Pasteur, who discovered that rapid heating and cooling of a sample destroyed bacteria.
Bacteria and viruses are destroyed by?
Using bactericides and when it is possible by heating.
What will happen if casein is destroyed?
casein is an enzyme destroyed protein nature.
Does lemon vitamin c get destroyed on heating?
Vitamin C from any source can get destroyed in the process of cooking.
Can gold be destroyed by heating?
No; heating of gold at a temperature greater than 1064,18 0C lead to liquid gold.
Type of infection in which a host cell bursts and is destroyed?
protein
What are the solutions of protein?
There is no such thing as a solution of protein. Protein structures are broken down and analyzed by combining them in solutions of various conditions, such as super-heating or cooling them.
What processes of the cell will be distrupted if the ribosomes destroyed?
Protein synthesis or translation.
What is it called when you heat a protein and ruin its structure?
Denaturation is what heating a protein and ruining its structure is called. The protein structure can also be denatured using chemicals, radiation, etc.
Does heating kill vitamins and minerals?
No, it does not. Some forms of cooking can remove vitamins and minerals from food but they are not destroyed. Matter can not be created or destroyed, it will always exist in some form.
Is food contaminated with staphylococcus safe to ear after reheating?
No. Staph aureus forms a toxin that is not destroyed by heating.
How can colloids be destroyed?
Colloids can be destroyed by heating them or adding an electrolyte in order to destroy them. By adding a small amount of a electrolyte, a colloid can be coagulated. Electrophoresis may be another method to destroy a colloid.
These are made from destroyed or fragmented pathogens containing a unique protein to trigger an immune response?
vaccines
