Which statement is FALSE? The disruption of a protein's structure is called denaturation. Denaturation can be induced by thermal energy from heat. Denaturation cannot be induced by extreme pH values that alter the charges on amino acid side chains. Treatment with reducing agents that break disulfide bonds can further destabilize disulfide bond-containing proteins. All of the statements are true.
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Heating and changing pH levels are two ways to disrupt the shape of a protein. High temperatures or pH levels that vary from the natural environment of the protein will break hydrogen bonds, ionic bonds, disulfide bridges, and hydrophobic interactions. Covalent bonds will usually remain undisturbed. This process of destroying the shape of a protein is called denaturing. These four levels of protein structure, primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary, are all affected by denaturing.
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What are the following is not a factor responsible for the denaturation of proteins? Heat reducing agents Charge pH change
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