The phrase "damage the function" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it when referring to something or someone having a negative impact on the successful working of something. For example: "The faulty wiring damaged the function of the air conditioning unit."
Therefore, we expect that such mutations critically damage the function of corresponding proteins.
Unfortunately, making an opening in the cochlea can damage the function, which reduces the likelihood of obtaining reliable results.
Therefore, the mutations in LEP can possibly damage the function of leptin and disturb the metabolic balance in humans, which is directly responsible for severe obesity and other metabolic disorders.
The change is predicted to damage the function of the enzyme by both Polyphen and SIFT, and analysis of over-expressed mutant protein in colon cancer cells HCT116 demonstrated decreased CYP24A1 and increased intracellular levels of 1,25(OH)2D3 [ 61].
10, 11 SIFT and Poly Phen which predict the function of non-synonymous variants (http://genetics.bwh.harvard.edu/pph/), also revealed that the p.P19S mutation "probably" damages the function of the NDUFA1 protein (damaging score, 0.956).
"It's not that it damages the function of the teeth, but they can look unnatural".
High blood pressure can lead to substantial morbidity by damaging the function of critical organs including the brain, heart, blood vessels and kidney [ 3].
Alzheimer's disease (AD) gradually damages the function and structure of particularly vulnerable brain areas, as those used for memory and cognition.
Cystic fibrosis (it damages the function of the lungs that causes chronic cough).
Recent reports have implicated the ECS in remote damage, but the function of the ECS in supraspinal structures after SCI has not been examined.
This type of damage affects the function of brain networks and is often associated with poor clinical outcome (Sharp et al., 2014).
