Expanding the molecular recognition repertoire of antifreeze polypeptides: effects on nucleoside crystal growth.
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SUBMITTER: Wang S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3501450 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec
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Expanding the molecular recognition repertoire of antifreeze polypeptides: effects on nucleoside crystal growth.
Wang Sen S Wen Xin X Nikolovski Pavle P Juwita Vonny V Arifin Josh Fnu JF
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) 20121201 94
Despite differences in the crystal structures of ice and nucleosides, antifreeze polypeptides (AFPs) have been demonstrated to inhibit nucleation of 5-methyluridine, cytidine, and inosine and modify the crystal growth of the nucleosides efficiently. The molecular recognition repertoire of AFPs has been expanded to non-ice-like crystalline solids. ...[more]
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