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Heh, thanks for asking instead of downvoting :) I would say it is true: "toxic" is only a word in reference to effects on other biologies. So on the whole, no,
by patcon 6y ago
Heh, thanks for asking instead of downvoting :)
I would say it is true: "toxic" is only a word in reference to effects on other biologies. So on the whole, no, biology is NOT toxic to biology. It is non-toxic. (Though yes, toxins exist in biological niches that are toxic to some biologies and neutral to others.)
- hoseja 6y agoNo, I meant "(1) functional state of folded proteins being an exact match with the lowest energy conformational state that it's linear amino acid order allows" This is untrue.
- patcon 6y agoI'd say yes: https://www.pnas.org/content/111/45/15873 https://www.pnas.org/content/111/45/15873 But no, if one were being that particular brand of particular that points out that amorphous aggregates are technically lower energy, which is true but not really interesting and kinda beside the point: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Energy-landscape-of-protein-folding-and-aggregation-The-purple-surface-shows-possibility_fig1_330939850 https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Energy-landscape-of-prot... And yes, I'm sure there are uncountable exceptions in biology, but this is the generally mechanism of how it works, no?