Protein denaturation (cooking)

Layer 2 — Chemistryin the food-chemistry subtree

Heat, pH, or shear unfolds tertiary structure, exposing hydrophobic residues that aggregate (egg-white coagulation at ~62°C, myosin denaturation in meat at ~50°C). Cornerstone of cookery and texture formation.

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