Production, structure–function relationships, mechanisms, and applications of antifreeze peptides

X Chen, J Wu, X Cai, S Wang - Comprehensive Reviews in …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Growth of ice crystals can cause serious problems, such as frozen products deterioration,
road damage, energy losses, and safety risks of human beings. Antifreeze peptides (AFPs) …

Ice‐binding proteins and the 'domain of unknown function'3494 family

TDR Vance, M Bayer‐Giraldi, PL Davies… - The FEBS …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Ice‐binding proteins (IBP s) control the growth and shape of ice crystals to cope with
subzero temperatures in psychrophilic and freeze‐tolerant organisms. Recently, numerous …

Ice recrystallization inhibition by amino acids: The curious case of alpha-and beta-alanine

MT Warren, I Galpin, F Bachtiger… - The journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Extremophiles produce macromolecules which inhibit ice recrystallization, but there is
increasing interest in discovering and developing small molecules that can modulate ice …

Extracellular antifreeze protein significantly enhances the cryopreservation of cell monolayers

RMF Tomás, TL Bailey, M Hasan, MI Gibson - Biomacromolecules, 2019 - ACS Publications
The cryopreservation of cells underpins many areas of biotechnology, healthcare, and
fundamental science by enabling the banking and distribution of cells. Cryoprotectants are …

Spatiotemporal Control of Ice Crystallization in Supercooled Water via an Ultrashort Laser Impulse

H Takahashi, T Kono, K Sawada… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Focused irradiation with ultrashort laser pulses realized the fine spatiotemporal control of ice
crystallization in supercooled water. An effective multiphoton excitation at the laser focus …

A biocompatible cell cryoprotectant based on sulfoxide-containing amino acids: mechanism and application

M Liu, C Chen, L Liang, C Yu, B Guo… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The preservation of cells at cryogenic temperatures requires the presence of cryoprotectants
(CPAs). Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), as a state-of-the-art CPA, is widely used for the storage …

Growth suppression of ice crystal basal face in the presence of a moderate ice-binding protein does not confer hyperactivity

M Bayer-Giraldi, G Sazaki… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Ice-binding proteins (IBPs) affect ice crystal growth by attaching to crystal faces. We present
the effects on the growth of an ice single crystal caused by an ice-binding protein from the …

Ice growth acceleration by antifreeze proteins leads to higher thermal hysteresis activity

J Deng, E Apfelbaum, R Drori - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Since some antifreeze proteins and glycoproteins (AF (G) Ps) cannot directly bind to all ice
crystal planes, they change ice crystal morphology by minimizing the area of the crystal …

[HTML][HTML] Spontaneous oscillatory growth of ice crystals in supercooled water under a microgravity environment: Theoretical hypothesis on the effect of antifreeze …

H Miura, Y Furukawa - Journal of Crystal Growth, 2023 - Elsevier
In a crystal growth experiment conducted on the Japanese Experiment Module “Kibo”
aboard the International Space Station, an unknown phenomenon, ie, spontaneous …

A novel crystal growth model with nonlinear interface kinetics and curvature effects: sensitivity analysis and optimization

S Akhtar, M Xu, AP Sasmito - Crystal Growth & Design, 2021 - ACS Publications
With the ever-increasing engineering and biological applications of rapid droplet
solidification on superhydrophobic surfaces, developing accurate dendritic growth models …