Saturn-Shaped Ice Burst Pattern and Fast Basal Binding of an Ice-Binding Protein from an Antarctic Bacterial Consortium

• Published in: Langmuir
• Main Authors: Kaleda, A, Haleva, L, Sarusi, G, Pinsky, T, Mangiagalli, M, Bar Dolev, M, Lotti, M, Nardini, M, Braslavsky, I
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Chemical Society 2019
• Subjects: ice-binding protein; binding kinetics; FIPA; ice crystal shape; EfcIBP; Settore BIOS-07/A - Biochimica; Settore PHYS-06/A - Fisica per le scienze della vita; l'ambiente e i beni culturali; Antarctic; Saturn; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10281/207862; https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b01914

Ice-binding proteins (IBPs) bind to ice crystals and control their growth, enabling host organisms to adapt to subzero temperatures. By binding to ice, IBPs can affect the shape and recrystallization of ice crystals. The shapes of ice crystals produced by IBPs vary and are partially due to which ice...