2011-02-08, 06:33 PM
Shidoshi Wrote:Denaturation of proteins is simply unfolding them. Think of proteins as a ball made from a very long thread, denaturating is unrolling the ball and leaving the protein all stretched out.
In biology, i learnt that enzymes have this thing called a lock-and-key hypothesis and that it is very specific. So if i eat a denatured protein, wont the structure be the different causing that specific enzyme its meant for to be unable to recognize it ?