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Coagulation of egg white on boilling is an example of denaturaton of protein. Explain it in terms of structural changes.

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When egg white is boiled, the soluble globular protein albumin present in it is denatured resulting in the formation of insoluble fibrous protein. During this process, secondary and tertiary structures of the protein (albumin) are destroyed but the primary structure (i.e, the sequence of `alpha`-amino acids) remains unchanged.
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