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 group (…

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STUDY OF MARINE PRODUCTS. XXXII. THE NUCLEOSIDES OF SPONGES. I.1

W Bergmann, RJ Feeney - The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1951 - ACS Publications
In the fall of 1945 the senior author collected in the shallow waters off Elliot Key, Florida, a
number of sponges of a species which had not previously been described. Representatives of …

Reductive alkylation of amino groups in proteins

GE Means, RE Feeney - Biochemistry, 1968 - ACS Publications
Materials and Methods Reductive Alkylation of Proteins. Reductive methyla-tions of proteins
were generally done at 0 in 0.20 m borate buffer (pH 9.0). For each milliliter of solution …

Chemical and physical properties of freezing point-depressing glycoproteins from Antarctic fishes

AL DeVries, SK Komatsu, RE Feeney - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1970 - Elsevier
Glycoproteins were isolated from the blood sera of the Antarctic fishes Trematomus borchgrevinki
and Dissostichus mawsoni. Some of these glycoproteins have the unique property of …

THE ISOLATION OF A NEW THYMINE PENTOSIDE FROM SPONGES1

W Bergmann, RJ Feeney - Journal of the American Chemical …, 1950 - ACS Publications
A solution of enzyme in saline had an activity toward L-allocystathionine such that 1.2 mg. of
homocysteine was produced from 4.4 mg. of substrate in 30 min. by 1 ml. of enzyme. This …

[PDF][PDF] Chemical modifications of proteins: history and applications

GE Means, RE Feeney - Bioconjugate chemistry, 1990 - ACS Publications
With roots in ancientformulations, methods for the chemical derivatization of proteins
continue to expand and develop. The creation of this new journal dealing exclusively with …

Antifreeze proteins: current status and possible food uses

RE Feeney, Y Yeh - Trends in Food Science & Technology, 1998 - Elsevier
Antifreeze proteins from the blood serum of cold-water ocean fish inhibit ice crystal growth,
including recrystallization, and affect crystal morphology. They exist in relatively high …

Carbonyl-amine reactions in protein chemistry

RE Feeney, G Blankenhorn, HBF Dixon - Advances in protein chemistry, 1975 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary Reaction of a carbonyl group with an amino group is the key reaction in
many enzymic and other biological processes, such as vision. This chapter discusses and …

Determination of hydrogen sulfide with 5, 5′-dithiobis-(2-nitrobenzoic acid), N-ethylmaleimide, and parachloromercuribenzoate

AS Nashef, DT Osuga, RE Feeney - Analytical biochemistry, 1977 - Elsevier
Hydrogen sulfide was determined with N-ethylmaleimide (NEM), p-chloromercuribenzoate (PCMB),
and 5,5′-dithiobis-(2-nitrobenzoic acid) (DTNB). One mole of hydrogen sulfide …

[HTML][HTML] A mechanism for stabilization of membranes at low temperatures by an antifreeze protein

…, SD Estrada, WF Wolkers, LM Crowe, RE Feeney… - Biophysical journal, 2002 - cell.com
Polar fish, cold hardy plants, and overwintering insects produce antifreeze proteins (AFPs),
which lower the freezing point of solutions noncolligatively and inhibit ice crystal growth. Fish …