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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Urea is commonly used in laboratories. What will be the effect of adding a concentrated urea solution to a protein?

OpenStudy (frostbite):

Proteins become chemically denatured when in the presence of urea.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so its a change of sequence?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

or denatured of prorein?

OpenStudy (frostbite):

It lower the hydrogen bonding strength making the secondary structure unstable so it change state. It is not a change in sequence but a change in folding.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so is it denatured of proten?

OpenStudy (frostbite):

Yea a denaturation of the protein happens.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok

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