Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The process by which proteins or complementary strands of nucleic acids re-form their native conformations.

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  • noun biochemistry The reconstruction of the original form of a protein or nucleic acid following denaturation

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From renature, to undergo renaturation : re– + (de)nature.]

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Examples

  • The reason we knew this was that the renaturation of heat denatured BAP had been demonstrated in classic experiments that had shown that a protein's shape was dictated by it's sequence.

    Kary B. Mullis - Nobel Lecture 1997

  • In the classical experiments the renaturation had been performed in a buffer containing lots of zinc.

    Kary B. Mullis - Nobel Lecture 1997

  • Studies on the rate and extent of renaturation in vitro led to the discovery of a microsomal enzyme which catalyzes sulfhydryl-disulfide interchange and thereby accelerates, in vitro, the refolding of denatured proteins containing disulfide bonds.

    Christian Anfinsen - Biography 1973

  • In the presence of this enzyme the rate of renaturation approaches that sufficient to account for folding of newly completed polypeptide chains during protein biosynthesis.

    Christian Anfinsen - Biography 1973

  • Funkenstein B, Rebhan Y (2007) Expression, purification, renaturation and activation of fish myostatin expressed in

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Carlene S. Starck et al. 2010

  • Have you ever heard about the German phrase, best translated to "controlled renaturation"

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2010

  • Funkenstein B, Rebhan Y (2007) Expression, purification, renaturation and activation of fish myostatin expressed in

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Carlene S. Starck et al. 2010

  • At the time Mark came to the lab, it was known that eggs and embryos of frogs and other animals contained a large population of mRNAs whose general properties had been measured by renaturation kinetics, as summarized elegantly in Eric Davidson's book

    Journal of Biological Chemistry current issue 2009

  • At the time Mark came to the lab, it was known that eggs and embryos of frogs and other animals contained a large population of mRNAs whose general properties had been measured by renaturation kinetics, as summarized elegantly in Eric Davidson's book

    Journal of Biological Chemistry current issue I. B. Dawid 2009

  • I was especially impressed to see the Cheonggyecheon again flowing through the middle of the city thanks to the exemplary renaturation project to restore the stream.

    unknown title 2009

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  • renaturation: n. restoration to a natural state, as a river or wetland.

    It is a policy of the European Union (feebly supported) that many rivers that have been dammed and/or channelized be restored to their natural or wild state as the best means of flood prevention and environmental enhancement.

    See, for example, Projects in Slovenia

    June 14, 2015