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Coagulation of egg white on boiling is an example of denaturation of the protein. Explain it in terms of structural changes.

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An egg contains a soluble globular protein called albumin, which, when heated, transforms into insoluble fibrous protein. This denaturation results in the loss of biological activity, as well as the secondary and the tertiary structures of proteins, gets destroyed. But the primary structure of α-amino acids does not get denatured.

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