The phrase "alternate functioning" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a different mode or method of operation, often in technical or scientific contexts.
Example: "The device has an alternate functioning mode that allows it to operate under different conditions."
Alternatives: "alternative operation" or "different functionality".
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.
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.
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.
C2GnT1 and C2GnT-M may have alternate functions in regulating the progression of carcinomas at various stages of malignancy of the tumor.
Since Bergmann glia play no known role in myelination, it is unknown what alternate function these genes may serve in these cells.
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.
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].
The CH34 genome carries the genes for ten AATs very similar in length and sequence (though some may have alternate functions in the cell, for example, the β-oxidation of fatty acids and dicarboxylates, or PHB metabolism) and has two CoATases encoded by two independent atoAD loci (Rmet_1153/4 and Rmet_5059/60).
Experimentally, predation has not been confirmed so it is unclear if A. dehalogenans is capable of a modified form of predation, if those genes have alternate functions, or if the genes are remnants of a formerly complete set of genes required for predatory lifestyle.
