So there you are passivly drinking your pint of beer or Vodka on the rocks, all the while munching on peanuts(protein). Out of curiosity, what do protien and alcohol do when mixed?
2006-11-30 22:21:10 · 5 answers · asked by Shokur 2 in Environment
The answer depends very much on the protein, but here is one thing that commonly happens:
Some proteins derive their function from shape (tertiary structure). Their shape may be derived from a balance between parts that attract water on the outside of the protein and parts that avoid water on the inside. Alcohol can act as a solvent for the inner parts of the protein, in a sense making them more "comfortable" in water. The proteins unfold. In doing so, they lose their function and are called "denatured". The denatured protein strands can then aggregate and form clumps and float on the solution forming a scum.
When this happens, it's a one-way process.
2006-11-30 23:38:29 · answer #1 · answered by Horace S Patoot 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the concentrations normally present in blood and body tissues from drinking beverages, there would be no significant change in proteins. However, in higher concentrations the alcohol will dehydrate and denature the proteins, that is, change the shape of the protein molecules, which may or may not prevent those proteins from doing what they were intended to do. This effect can be observed by dropping a little eggwhite (protein) into rubbing alcohol. The effect you see is similar to the effect of cooking the eggwhite, since heat also denatures proteins.
2006-12-01 14:34:43 · answer #2 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well when you mix alcohol with someone make sure they say yes before you make some protein.....
2006-12-01 06:47:51 · answer #3 · answered by chewanddoyle 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Whack of in your drink and see.
2006-12-01 06:23:04 · answer #4 · answered by tumbleweed1954 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Someone gets drunk.
2006-12-01 06:29:31 · answer #5 · answered by Roberto 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋