The phrase "act of lowering" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe the process or action of bringing something down to a lower position or level.
Example: "The act of lowering the flag at sunset is a tradition in many countries."
Alternatives: "process of descent" or "action of reducing".
Fifty-four yeago ago, the United States broke diplomatic relations with Cuba, and three young Marine guards volunteered for one final act of duty: lowering their country's flag before returning home.
The 2010 Affordable Care Act's (ACA) aims of lowering costs and improving quality of care will renew focus on preventive health strategies.
And the 1986 Tax Reform Act, cited as an example of lowering rates through tax expenditure reductions (called base broadening), left all of the major individual tax expenditures largely unchanged.
Since the protein protein contacts in the unit cell are made with the BtuB β-barrel and do not sterically interfere with the Ton box unfolding, interactions made by BtuB within the protein lattice of the crystal must act to lower the energy of the folded state of Ton box.
The key reason is that the Tax Reform Act of 1986 lowered the top federal income tax rate beneath the corporate tax rate for the first time.
The Johnson-Reed Act of 1924 lowered the immigrant quota further and shifted it even more toward favoring those from Western Europe.
The results of these studies provide a potential explanation for loss of efficacy of agents that act to lower or block E2.
Short Chain Fatty Acids (SCFAs) produced as a bacterial by-product of prebiotic fermentation act to lower the intestinal pH, inhibiting the growth of protein-degrading micro-organisms capable of producing potentially toxic metabolites.
TIGAR can act to lower the levels of fructose-2,6-bisphosphate (F-2,6-P2), allostericric activator of phosphofructokinase-1 (PFK-1) in the glycolytic pathway.
Statins act to lower the level of serum cholesterol.
