▪ Abstract Terrestrial arthropods survive subzero temperatures by becoming either freeze
tolerant (survive body fluid freezing) or freeze avoiding (prevent body fluid freezing). Protein …

Plants and ectothermic animals use a variety of substances and mechanisms to survive
exposure to subfreezing temperatures. Proteinaceous ice nucleators trigger freezing at high …

Insect antifreeze proteins (AFP) are much more effective than fish AFPs at depressing
solution freezing points by ice-growth inhibition,. AFP from the beetle Tenebrio molitor is a …

Ice-binding proteins (IBPs) assist in subzero tolerance of multiple cold-tolerant organisms:
animals, plants, fungi, bacteria etc. IBPs include:(1) antifreeze proteins (AFPs) with high …

Antifreeze proteins bind to ice crystals and modify their growth. These proteins show great
diversity in structure, and they have been found in a variety of organisms. The ice-binding …

Extreme environments present a wealth of biochemical adaptations. Thermal hysteresis
proteins (THPs) have been found in vertebrates, invertebrates, plants, bacteria and fungi …

Bacterial ice nucleation proteins (INPs) can cause frost damage to plants by nucleating ice
formation at high sub-zero temperatures. Modeling of Pseudomonas borealis INP by …

Different types of ice-growth-inhibiting antifreeze proteins, first recognized in fish, have now
been isolated from insects and plants, and the list continues to expand. Their structures are …

We have previously identified a Thr-and Cys-rich thermal hysteresis (antifreeze) protein
(THP) in the beetle Tenebrio molitor that has 10− 100 times the freezing point depression …

Antifreeze proteins (AFPs) lower the non-equilibrium freezing point of water (in the presence
of ice) below the melting point, thereby producing a difference between the freezing and …