I’m not a molecular biologist or anything of the sort so it’s hard for me digest a lot of this. But from the article:
“all other functions dependent on a stable structure must also cease.”
Not all functions are dependent on a stable structure though. And these that arent can serve as intermediates to new folded proteins:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fymQV2zu50apoRfgc24b6pTdJDOrYXFb/view
Please correct any misunderstandings I may have