You are speaking of denaturing, not quite the same thing. Protein degrades over time without exposure to oxygen or biologicals. Room temp at the atomic level is still a buzz saw of activity.
> Protein degrades over time without exposure to oxygen or
> biologicals. Room temp at the atomic level is still a
> buzz saw of activity.
No, it doesn’t. Proteins are for the most part chemically inactive. That property is what keeps you from disintegrating. Chemistry inside a biological cell is a highly controlled activity with only permitted reactions taking place, most of which require catalytic enzymes. Room temperature may be “a buzz saw of activity”, but biomolecules are so stable that no reactions can take place unassisted. As long as the cell membrane is intact and no reactive substances break in, the cell can lie dormant indefinitely.