The phrase "alternate function" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are referring to a secondary or different function of an object, device, or system.
Example: "To access the alternate function of the device, press the 'Shift' key while selecting the option."
Alternatives: "secondary function" or "alternative function".
We considered the possibility that the PurO-like protein might be non-functional or have an alternate function in T. kodakaraensis and T. gammatolerans, as the absence of PurO in closest neighbors might suggest that some unidentified IMP cyclohydrolase is functioning in this role instead.
By contrast, where category judgments were required for the very same objects (Experiment 2), children named according to design intentions – but only if the alternate function was idiosyncratic.
Since Bergmann glia play no known role in myelination, it is unknown what alternate function these genes may serve in these cells.
It has been suggested that the structure of the dwarf domain member, endonuclease, serves as the minimal structural scaffold for the hydrolysis of phosphodiester bonds and a gene duplication event may explain how the ancestral scaffold of endonucleases came to support an alternate function seen in the larger phospholipases [33], [34].
In contrast, Otto and colleagues demonstrated an increase in activity of PBMC function with exposure to hyperglycemia, suggesting an alternate function other than hyperosmolality.
Second, no change in the PPR gene may be observed and the PPR gene architecture is under negative selection for an alternate function.
This suggests that an alternate mapping function needs to be investigated for modern degradation conditions such as those present in wireless-VoIP communications.
One day I'd love to see alternate functions for Pencil tap-to-wake, but it makes sense that this is the one they'd start with.
Particularly in mammalian cells, alternate functions of AARSs have been associated with re-distribution in the cell to sites that are removed from translation.
C2GnT1 and C2GnT-M may have alternate functions in regulating the progression of carcinomas at various stages of malignancy of the tumor.
These alternate functions may underlie the non-random distribution of HLH-1 binding sites on the chromosomes, including a vast over-representation of the ChIP overlapping set on the X chromosome.
