Cells put a lot of effort into preventing proteins — which are like a string of beads arranged in a
precise three - dimensional
shape — from unraveling, since a protein's activity as an enzyme or structural component
depends on being properly
shaped and folded.
The
precise balance of these opposing effects
depends on time of day, time of year, altitude, size of the water droplets and / or ice particles, latitude, current air temperature, and size and
shape.