Mimicry of ice structure by surface hydroxyls and water of a β-helix antifreeze protein

Nature

Volumn 406, Issue 6793, 2000, Pages 322-324

  Liou, Yih Cherng ^a   Tocilj, Ante ^a   Davies, Peter L ^a   Jia, Zongchao ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFREEZE PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; HYDROXYL GROUP; ICE; OXYGEN; THREONINE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISULFIDE BOND; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIFREEZE PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; FREEZING; GLYCOPROTEINS; HYDROLYSIS; ICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TENEBRIO; WATER;

COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; TENEBRIO MOLITOR;

EID: 0034691568     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35018604     Document Type: Article

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