having the secondary and/or tertiary structure of a protein disrupted, while leaving the amino acid sequence unchanged. Such proteins can no longer perform their biological functions. allosteric regulation competitive inhibition coupling denaturation feedback inhibition non-competitive inhibition
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The three-dimensional structure of a functional protein is altered by intense heat or nonphysiological ph even though peptide bonds may not break. such inactivation is called denaturation, and denatured enzymes are nonfunctional. explain why.
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Describe how denaturation affects the function of a protein.
Excessive heat or extremes of pH often cause denaturation of proteins, which means that the proteins: are highly reactive are no longer in functional three-dimensional conformation have fallen apart into individual monomeric subunits are no longer biological molecules have broken into many separate domains
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