Antifreeze proteins from diverse organisms and their applications: an overview

R Chi Fai Cheung, T Bun Ng… - Current Protein and …, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
Antifreeze proteins are ice-binding or ice-structuring proteins that prevent water from
freezing by adsorbing to the ice surface and stopping the growth of minute ice crystals to …

Toward a molecular understanding of the mechanism of cryopreservation by polyampholytes: cell membrane interactions and hydrophobicity

R Rajan, F Hayashi, T Nagashima… - …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Cryopreservation enables long-term preservation of cells at ultralow temperatures. Current
cryoprotective agents (CPAs) have several limitations, making it imperative to develop CPAs …

Structure and application of antifreeze proteins from Antarctic bacteria

PA Muñoz, SL Márquez, FD González-Nilo… - Microbial Cell …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Background Antifreeze proteins (AFPs) production is a survival strategy of
psychrophiles in ice. These proteins have potential in frozen food industry avoiding the …

Design of an Ice Recrystallization-Inhibiting Polyampholyte-Containing Graft Polymer for Inhibition of Protein Aggregation

R Rajan, N Kumar, K Matsumura - Biomacromolecules, 2021 - ACS Publications
Freezing-induced damage to proteins, through osmotic stress and ice recrystallization,
during protein processing and long-term storage is a serious concern and may lead to loss …

Growth of ice crystals in the presence of type III antifreeze protein

DA Vorontsov, G Sazaki, EK Titaeva, EL Kim… - Crystal Growth & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The morphology and growth kinetics of ice single crystals in aqueous solutions of type III
antifreeze protein (AFP-III) have been studied in detail over a range of AFP-III concentrations …

Adsorption Kinetics of Type-III Antifreeze Protein on Ice Crystal Surfaces

DA Vorontsov, G Sazaki, Y Furukawa, EK Titaeva… - Langmuir, 2023 - ACS Publications
The spatio-temporal distribution of type-III antifreeze protein (AFP-III) molecules labeled with
fluorescent isocyanate (FITC) was visualized at the interfaces between ice and solutions …

Algal and cyanobacterial adaptations to low temperature and desiccation

M Jimel - 2020 - dspace.cuni.cz
Algae and cyanobacteria, due of their evolutionary antiquity, are widely distributed primary
producers that can withstand extreme environmental stresses. Low temperature, freezing …