What is the difference between protein digestion and protein denaturation? Both

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What is the difference between protein digestion and protein denaturation? Both occur after a meal.

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Protein digestion is the disruption of secondary, tertiary, or quaternary structure without disrupting peptide bonds. Protein digestion is the hydrolysis of peptide bonds to form amino acids. Protein denaturation is the hydrolysis of peptide bonds to form amino acids. Protein denaturation is the disruption of secondary, tertiary, or quaternary structure without disrupting peptide bonds.

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Protein denaturation is the disruption of secondary, tertiary, or quaternary structure without disrupting peptide bonds. Since denaturation process involves weak reactions that cannot disrupt peptide bonds.

Protein digestion is the hydrolysis of peptide bonds to form amino acids.

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