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In living cells, proteins are generally unstable compounds, and are continually broken down and resynthesized. Proteins are easily denatured and even the most robust of them lose their activity over time. The needs of many cells vary from minute to minute and cells of all organisms adapt to this by changing, to varying extents, the proteins which they make and hence the functions which they are able to perform.
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Chesworth, J.M., Stuchbury, T., Scaife, J.R. (1998). Breakdown of Proteins and the Oxidation of Amino Acids. In: An Introduction to Agricultural Biochemistry. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1441-4_14
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