The phrase "altering the function" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are discussing changes to the operation or purpose of something, such as a device, system, or process.
Example: "The new software update is altering the function of the application, making it more user-friendly."
Alternatives: "modifying the operation" or "changing the role".
This acidic extension and the Jun basic region form a heterodimeric coiled-coil structure that stabilizes the complex and prevents the basic region of Jun from binding to DNA, thereby titrating the functionally active AP-1 heterodimer concentration in the cell without altering the function of other B-ZIP proteins [24], [33].
Carol Clark's The Prisoner seems to me to stay almost entirely clear of it, achieving a quite remarkable degree of fluency by means of no more than deft minor adjustments to the original syntax, altering the function of a clause here, dividing a sentence into two there.
This concept allows re-configuration of the control without altering the function block diagram.
Other startups have gotten in trouble by materially altering the function of a site's video player (i.e. Searchles pulling videos out of Grouper's player).
To overcome the problems of low solubility and dimerization, subdomain interactions were engineered without altering the function of the protein.
Patients who have low expression of the pro-apoptotic protein Bim or have polymorphisms altering the function of Bim have lower response to EGFR and ALK inhibitors [31].
At low concentrations, detergents produce changes in cell membrane permeability, thus altering the function of the respiratory system in aquatic species (Sobrino-Figueroa 2013).
Results are discussed in the context of verbal behavior altering the function of present conditions in subjects with limited verbal repertory, as well as in the context of new applications to make a difference in chronic behaviors.
In this review article, various developments that have taken place in the last decade with respect to identifying and altering the function of ripening-related genes have been described.
This chapter reviews an experimental evidence suggesting that Doxorubicin (DOX) and other anthracyclines can act at an intracellular level, perhaps by altering the function of iron regulatory proteins (IRP) that serve to maintain low molecular weight iron pool (often referred to as the labile iron pool, LIP) within physiologic concentrations.
Biological research often focuses on altering the function(s) of a single selected protein.
