ShareStructural basis for the binding of a globular antifreeze protein to ice.
Author(s) : JIA Z., DELUCA C. I., CHAO H., DAVIES P. L.
Type of article: Article
Summary
The article reports the 1.25 angström crystal structure of recombinant type III antifreeze proteins from eel pout (Macrozoarces americanus) which reveals a remarkably flat amphipathic ice-binding site. This binding site, substantiated by the structures and properties of several ice-binding site mutants, suggests that the antifreeze proteins occupy a niche in the ice surface in which it covers the basal plane while binding to the prism face.
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- Original title: Structural basis for the binding of a globular antifreeze protein to ice.
- Record ID : 1997-2462
- Languages: English
- Source: Nature - vol. 384 - n. 6606
- Publication date: 1996/11/21
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- Themes: Cryobiology, cryomedicine: general information
- Keywords: Chemical composition; Antifreeze; Protein
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