What Determines the Function of a Protein Apex?

The Function of a Protein Determined by:

The shape determines the working of a protein.

The role of a protein is utterly dependent on its three-dimensional architecture (other than when it caters as food). This framework may be disturbed by a number of agents thereby denaturing the protein:

  • Variations in the pH (between charged amino acids the electrostatic interactions are changed).
  • difference in concentration of salt (does the same).
  • temperature change (higher temperatures decrease the strength of hydrogen bonds).
  • reduction agent presence (disruption of S-S bonds among cysteines).
What factors determine the function of a protein apex? The function of a protein apex is determined by various factors such as its three-dimensional structure, the amino acid sequence dictated by the gene, and external factors like pH variations, salt concentration differences, temperature changes, and the presence of reduction agents.
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