From ice-binding proteins to bio-inspired antifreeze materials

IK Voets - Soft Matter, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Ice-binding proteins (IBP) facilitate survival under extreme conditions in diverse life forms.
IBPs in polar fishes block further growth of internalized environmental ice and inhibit ice …

Dual cryoprotective strategies for ice-binding and stabilizing of frozen seafood: A review

S Zhu, J Yu, X Chen, Q Zhang, X Cai, Y Ding… - Trends in Food Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Freezing-induced damages on seafood are pervasive problems that result from
physical and biochemical changes during the freezing process. The formation of ice crystals …

The need for novel cryoprotectants and cryopreservation protocols: Insights into the importance of biophysical investigation and cell permeability

R Raju, SJ Bryant, BL Wilkinson, G Bryant - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Cryopreservation is a key method of preservation of biological material for both
medical treatments and conservation of endangered species. In order to avoid cellular …

Mechanisms underlying insect freeze tolerance

J Toxopeus, BJ Sinclair - Biological Reviews, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Freeze tolerance–the ability to survive internal ice formation–has evolved repeatedly in
insects, facilitating survival in environments with low temperatures and/or high risk of …

Antifreeze proteins: structures and mechanisms of function

Y Yeh, RE Feeney - Chemical reviews, 1996 - ACS Publications
Polar and near polar fishes typically survive in seas where the temperature is subzero,
frequently as low as-1.9 C. In a series of articles from 1953 through 1972, Scholander's …

Polymer self-assembly induced enhancement of ice recrystallization inhibition

PG Georgiou, HL Marton, AN Baker… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Ice binding proteins modulate ice nucleation/growth and have huge (bio) technological
potential. There are few synthetic materials that reproduce their function, and rational design …

Marine antifreeze proteins: structure, function, and application to cryopreservation as a potential cryoprotectant

HJ Kim, JH Lee, YB Hur, CW Lee, SH Park, BW Koo - Marine drugs, 2017 - mdpi.com
Antifreeze proteins (AFPs) are biological antifreezes with unique properties, including
thermal hysteresis (TH), ice recrystallization inhibition (IRI), and interaction with membranes …

Blocking rapid ice crystal growth through nonbasal plane adsorption of antifreeze proteins

LLC Olijve, K Meister, AL DeVries… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Antifreeze proteins (AFPs) are a unique class of proteins that bind to growing ice crystal
surfaces and arrest further ice growth. AFPs have gained a large interest for their use in …

Antifreeze proteins and their practical utilization in industry, medicine, and agriculture

A Eskandari, TC Leow, MBA Rahman, SN Oslan - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Antifreeze proteins (AFPs) are specific proteins, glycopeptides, and peptides made by
different organisms to allow cells to survive in sub-zero conditions. AFPs function by …

Control strategies of ice nucleation, growth, and recrystallization for cryopreservation

M Lin, H Cao, J Li - Acta Biomaterialia, 2023 - Elsevier
The cryopreservation of biomaterials is fundamental to modern biotechnology and
biomedicine, but the biggest challenge is the formation of ice, resulting in fatal cryoinjury to …