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Why would exposure to certain temperatures and urea cause phycocyanin to form a precipitate? what is this precipitate?

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The Phycocyanin forms a precipitate when exposed to certain temperature and urea, because the interface of the polar groups to the protein with water is the basis of their temperature. The hydrophobic connections are weakened in the cold, because of the defeat of stabilizing entropic factor which are more protruding at high temperature. The precipitate that is formed is a denatured protein precipitate.

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