Ice nucleation proteins self-assemble into large fibres to trigger freezing at near 0 ℃
T. Hansen, J. C. Lee, N. Reicher, G. Ovadia, S. Guo, W. Guo, J. Liu, I. Braslavsky, Y. Rudich, P. L. Davies
The paper shows ice nucleation proteins self-assemble into fibres that trigger freezing near 0 ℃ by forming multimers essential for frost formation.
bioRxiv · Aug 3, 2023Biochemistry