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Denature meaning
To take away a natural characteristic or inherent property of (a thing or a person). | To add something to (alcohol) that makes it unsuitable for consumption but leaves it suitable for most other purposes. | To alter its original form or state, especially of a protein, by heat, acidity etc.
Example sentences (6)
Unfortunately they denature about all the painkillers with the stuff already calculated so people's livers will fail if they take too much.
Because lysosomal membranes are rich in proton pumps, their interiors have low pH (≈4.8 vs. the pH≈7.2 cytosol), which acts to denature the GPCRs.
Superoxide is known to denature enzymes, oxidize lipids, and fragment DNA.
Temperatures above or below the range that cells tend to live in will cause thermally unstable proteins to unfold or " denature " (this is why boiling makes an egg white turn opaque).
Typical preparation Poaching allows the proteins to denature without pulling out too much (if any at all) moisture out of it.
When insects ingest toxin crystals, their alkaline digestive tracts denature the insoluble crystals, making them soluble and thus amenable to being cut with proteases found in the insect gut, which liberate the toxin from the crystal.