Question

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

Answer 1

Proteins become chemically denatured when in the presence of urea.

Answer 2

so its a change of sequence?

Answer 3

or denatured of prorein?

Answer 4

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.

Answer 5

so is it denatured of proten?

Answer 6

Yea a denaturation of the protein happens.

Answer 7

ok