Denaturation and Protein test

Question 1

What is denaturation?

Answer 1

is the disruption of secondary, tertiary
and quaternary structure of proteins leading to loss of
their biological activity

Question 2

Proteins may be denatured at the secondary, tertiary
and quaternary structural levels.

except which level?

Answer 2

primary

Question 3

What are the causes of denaturation?

Answer 3

Physical factors
such as heating

Chemical factors
such as strong acid
or base

Question 4

WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF DENATURED PROTEINS? (3)

Answer 4

Loss of function
They become less soluble.
Reversibility and irreversibility

Question 5

What’s the test for all proteins?

whats the result?

Answer 5

BIURET TEST
CuSO4
blue-violet