Mimicry of ice structure by surface hydroxyls and water of a beta-helix antifreeze protein
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The 1.4-A resolution crystal structure of a small protein from the beetle Tenebrio molitor is reported.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2000
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Beta-helix structure and ice-binding properties of a hyperactive antifreeze protein from an insect
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The solution structure of spruce budworm antifreeze proteins is reported and its ice-biding properties are characterized.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2000
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Hyperactive antifreeze protein from beetles
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An antifreeze protein, thermal hysteresis, has been purified from Tenebrio molitor, the common yellow mealworm beetle. Previous attempts to purify thermal hysteresis proteins (THPs) have failed to produce sufficient yield to account for that of haemolymph. An internal fragment from THP26 was sequenced, using degenerate and vector primers in the polymerase chain reaction. The exceptional activity would make the Tenebrio THP a suitable reagent for freeze resistance applications.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1997
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