Ice Growth Acceleration by Antifreeze Proteins Leads to Higher Thermal Hysteresis Activity. 2020

Jinzi Deng, and Elana Apfelbaum, and Ran Drori
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Yeshiva University, New York, New York 10016, United States.

Since some antifreeze proteins and glycoproteins (AF(G)Ps) cannot directly bind to all ice crystal planes, they change ice crystal morphology by minimizing the area of the crystal planes to which they cannot bind until crystal growth is halted. Previous studies found that growth along the c-axis (perpendicular to the basal plane, the crystal plane to which these AF(G)Ps cannot bind) is accelerated by some AF(G)Ps, while growth of other planes is inhibited. The effects of this growth acceleration on crystal morphology and on the thermal hysteresis activity are unknown to date. Understanding these effects will elucidate the mechanism of ice growth inhibition by AF(G)Ps. Using cold stages and an infrared laser, ice growth velocities and crystal morphologies in AF(G)P solutions were measured. Three types of effects on growth velocity were found: concentration-dependent acceleration, concentration-independent acceleration, and concentration-dependent deceleration. Quantitative crystal morphology measurements in AF(G)P solutions demonstrated that the adsorption rate of the proteins to ice plays a major role in determining the morphology of the bipyramidal crystal. These results demonstrate that faster adsorption rates generate bipyramidal crystals with diminished basal surfaces at higher temperatures compared to slower adsorption rates. The acceleration of growth along the c-axis generates crystals with smaller basal surfaces at higher temperatures leading to increased growth inhibition of the entire crystal.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007053 Ice The solid substance formed by the FREEZING of water.
D003460 Crystallization The formation of crystalline substances from solutions or melts. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed) Crystalline Polymorphs,Polymorphism, Crystallization,Crystal Growth,Polymorphic Crystals,Crystal, Polymorphic,Crystalline Polymorph,Crystallization Polymorphism,Crystallization Polymorphisms,Crystals, Polymorphic,Growth, Crystal,Polymorph, Crystalline,Polymorphic Crystal,Polymorphisms, Crystallization,Polymorphs, Crystalline
D005615 Freezing Liquids transforming into solids by the removal of heat. Melting
D000054 Acceleration An increase in the rate of speed. Accelerations
D000327 Adsorption The adhesion of gases, liquids, or dissolved solids onto a surface. It includes adsorptive phenomena of bacteria and viruses onto surfaces as well. ABSORPTION into the substance may follow but not necessarily. Adsorptions
D021301 Antifreeze Proteins Proteins that bind to ice and modify the growth of ice crystals. They perform a cryoprotective role in a variety of organisms. Antifreeze Glycopeptide,Antifreeze Glycoprotein,Antifreeze Glycoproteins,Antifreeze Peptide,Antifreeze Protein,Thermal Hysteresis Protein,AFGP,Antifreeze Glycopeptides,Antifreeze Peptides,Thermal Hysteresis Proteins,Glycopeptide, Antifreeze,Glycopeptides, Antifreeze,Glycoprotein, Antifreeze,Glycoproteins, Antifreeze,Hysteresis Protein, Thermal,Hysteresis Proteins, Thermal,Peptide, Antifreeze,Peptides, Antifreeze,Protein, Antifreeze,Protein, Thermal Hysteresis,Proteins, Antifreeze,Proteins, Thermal Hysteresis

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