RiAFP

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What is the molecular weight of ''Ri''AFP monomer?
What is the molecular weight of ''Ri''AFP monomer?
{ 13-kDa|13 kDa }
{ 13-kDa|13 kDa }
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{AFPs inhibit ice crystals growth through the:
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|type="()"}
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- adsorption inhibition model by colligative depression of the freezing point
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+ adsorption inhibition model by noncolligative depression of the freezing point
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- Gibbs-Thompson-Herring (i.e. Kelvin) effect by increasing the melting point of the solution
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- Gibbs-Thompson-Herring (i.e. Kelvin) effect by maintaining ice front plat
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Insect antifreeze protein (PDB code 4dt5).

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3D structures of antifreeze protein

Antifreeze protein

References

  1. Jia Z, Davies PL. Antifreeze proteins: an unusual receptor-ligand interaction. Trends Biochem Sci. 2002 Feb;27(2):101-6. PMID:11852248
  2. Chantelle J. Capicciotti, Malay Doshi and Robert N. Ben (2013). Ice Recrystallization Inhibitors: From Biological Antifreezes to Small Molecules, Recent Developments in the Study of Recrystallization, Prof. Peter Wilson (Ed.), ISBN: 978-953-51-0962-4, InTech doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/54992
  3. Drori R, Celik Y, Davies PL, Braslavsky I. Ice-binding proteins that accumulate on different ice crystal planes produce distinct thermal hysteresis dynamics. J R Soc Interface. 2014 Sep 6;11(98):20140526. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2014.0526. PMID:25008081 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2014.0526
  4. Raymond JA, DeVries AL. Adsorption inhibition as a mechanism of freezing resistance in polar fishes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1977 Jun;74(6):2589-93. PMID:267952
  5. Hakim A, Nguyen JB, Basu K, Zhu DF, Thakral D, Davies PL, Isaacs FJ, Modis Y, Meng W. Crystal structure of an insect antifreeze protein and its implications for ice binding. J Biol Chem. 2013 Apr 26;288(17):12295-304. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M113.450973. Epub, 2013 Mar 12. PMID:23486477 doi:10.1074/jbc.M113.450973

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