JEE Main Chemistry question

[JCECE 2010] Denaturation of proteins leads to loss of biological activity by

(A)Formation of amino acids
(B)Loss of primary structure
(C)Loss of both primary and secondary structures
(D)Loss of both secondary and tertiary structuresCorrect

Answer: (D)

Solution

Denaturation (by heat, pH change, etc.) disrupts the hydrogen bonds and other weak interactions that hold the secondary and tertiary folded structure of a protein, causing it to uncoil into a random, inactive conformation, while the covalent peptide bonds of the

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