The phrase "affects its function" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing how a particular factor or condition influences the operation or effectiveness of something.
Example: "The temperature of the environment significantly affects its function, leading to variations in performance."
Alternatives: "impacts its operation" or "influences its performance".
Lisa Rappaport has had three children taught by Mrs. Howell, and when one was doing a project about how the shape of a ski affects its function, it was Mr. Howell who taught her the woodworking that allowed her to build skis with different shapes.
How this affects its function is presently unknown although it is possible that in the absence of its ability to interact with partner proteins may confer a very different function to the protein.
Moreover, other unpublished findings in the lab have suggested that the dynamicity of Sgo1 on centromeres is key to its regulation and important for accurate segregation so it is likely that Sgo1 tethering affects its function.
However, at this point it is not known how curcumin crosslinks Cdc27 and affects its function.
In nature it exists as a glycoprotein dimer and this chemical structure affects its function and detection method [ 1, 2].
Our results indicate that the M105I mutation alters the normal steady state balance of αSNAP and also affects its function.
The pathway in which follistatin gene is involved is shown in Figure 1 as in KEGG database: Follistatin binds to activin and affects its functions, for example, stimulation of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) synthesis and secretion.
To test our hypothesis that subcellular localization of IGFBP5 affects its functions in host cells, we generated a construct containing a deleted form of IGFBP5 in which the last 5 amino acids in the NLS were deleted.
Previously it was shown that the fusion of GFP to the C-terminus of the MADS domain protein AP1 does not affect its function, as it is able to complement the ap1 mutant [ 28].
Guo et al. also generated a second line of mice carrying a mutation in ALK7 that does not affect its function, but renders it sensitive to inhibition by a custom-made chemical.
