Protein interaction with ice Journal Articles

abstract

• Many organisms have evolved novel mechanisms to minimize freezing injury due to extracellular ice formation. This article reviews our present knowledge on the structure and mode of action of two types of proteins capable of ice interaction. The antifreeze proteins inhibit ice crystal formation and alter ice growth habits. The ice nucleation proteins, on the other hand, provide a proper template to stimulate ice growth. The potential applications of these proteins in different industries are discussed.

authors

• HEW, Choy L
• Yang, Daniel Shun Chung

status

• published 

publication date

• January 1992

has subject area

• 0304 Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry (FoR)
• 0601 Biochemistry and Cell Biology (FoR)
• 1101 Medical Biochemistry and Metabolomics (FoR)
• Antifreeze Proteins (MeSH)
• Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins (MeSH)
• Bacterial Proteins (MeSH)
• Binding Sites (MeSH)
• Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (Science Metrix)
• Crystallization (MeSH)
• Freezing (MeSH)
• Glycoproteins (MeSH)
• Ice (MeSH)
• Protein Conformation (MeSH)

published in

• The FEBS Journal  Journal

keywords

• Antifreeze Proteins
• Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
• Bacterial Proteins
• Binding Sites
• Crystallization
• Freezing
• Glycoproteins
• Ice
• Protein Conformation

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1992.tb19824.x

PubMed ID

• 1730239

start page

• 33

end page

• 42

volume

• 203

issue

• 1-2