Chapter 2, Problem 15PIAT

Summary Introduction

To review:

The additional information required to determine if AFP is useful in protecting against frost damage.

Introduction:

Antifreeze proteins (AFPs) are a group of polypeptides produced by many animals, plants, fungi, and bacteria. These AFPs help in survival of organisms at below zero temperature by preventing freezing in extreme icy habitats. AFPs bind to small ice crystals and prevent recrystallization of ice inside the cell that would otherwise lead to organism’s death.