denature
denature
Definition
de·na·ture (dē nā′c̸hər)
transitive verb -·tured, -·tur·ing
- to change the nature of; take natural qualities away from
- to make (alcohol, etc.) unfit for human consumption without spoiling for other uses
- to change the structure of (a protein) by heat, acids, alkalies, etc., so that the original properties are greatly changed or eliminated
- to add a nonfissionable isotope to (a fissionable isotope) so that the mixture cannot be used in nuclear bombs but can still be used as fuel material
de·na′·tur·ant noun
de·na′·tura′·tion noun
denature
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- protein: The denaturing of proteins with heat is a good example where changes occur in a stepwise fashion.
Object
- electrophoresis: These techniques are: Manual determination of alleles using denaturing gel electrophoresis with PCR products visualized by silver staining.
- protein: A denatured whey protein has little or no biological activity.
- alcohol: Put 1/4 teaspoon or about 15 drops of denatured alcohol in the primer pan.
- state: Structure and dynamics of the folded and denatured states of TNfn3 J. D. Melville, JE.
- condition: The sensitivity of dynamic light scattering is ideally suited for monitoring the stability of a protein to denaturing conditions.
- enzyme: This is necessary in this experiment to prevent a change in pH denaturing the enzyme in the banana extract.
Preposition: at
- temperature: Why do bacterial enzymes denature at a higher temperature to that of other types of enzymes?
Modifying Another Word
- also: The sodium carbonate also denatures the phosphatase and stops the reaction.
- partially: This indicates that an intermediate product is formed and/or the iron protein compound is locked into the partially denatured sample.
- thus: This technique uses radiofrequency waves to generate heat within the tumor nodule thus denaturing the protein elements of the tumor.
- then: Moreover, the Commission proposals are in general generous and then denatured by the member-states.
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