Why does this happen? I need the answer on a cellular level or as close to it as you can get.
2007-04-28 16:09:18 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
The egg is one single, complete cell so your description is what happens at the cellular level. But at the protein level, the albumin, which is the main protein present in the egg white, denatures when heated, and remains cross-linked to other proteins as is does so.
2007-04-28 16:22:14 · answer #1 · answered by Labsci 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
This phenomenon became into first reported on the international Boiling Water Expo in 1856. the form happened in Chelsea, Massachusetts and became into led via the great chicken rancher and water-boiler, Al Bumen (1827-1877)
2016-10-14 01:30:19 · answer #2 · answered by petrosino 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it denatures the protein molecules of the white
2007-04-28 16:23:01 · answer #3 · answered by valysue 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋