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Arthur L Devries

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Contact Information

Physiology and Biophysics
524 Burrill Hall
407 S Goodwin
Urbana, IL 61801

Professor Emeritus of Molecular & Integrative Physiology

Research Description

Role of Glycopeptide and Peptide Antifreezes in Inhibition of Ice Crystal Growth and Recrystallization

Our research program involves studies on the role of antifreeze glycopeptides and peptides (AFGPs and AFPs) in the freezing avoidance of cold-water fishes. Specific aspects are studies of the mechanism of AFGPs and AFPs in inhibiting ice crystal growth and recrystallization, primary and 3-dimensional structures of AFGPs and AFPs to determine structure-function relationships, the physiology of AFGPs and AFPs, and the organization and expression of the antifreeze gene. The use of antifreeze proteins in preventing the growth of large ice crystals (inhibition of recrystallization) in frozen foods, and cryomedial preservation are long term goals.

Education

Ph.D. Stanford University

Additional Campus Affiliations

Professor Emeritus, Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior

Recent Publications

Sun, Y., Maltseva, D., Liu, J., Hooker, T., Mailänder, V., Ramløv, H., Devries, A. L., Bonn, M., & Meister, K. (2022). Ice Recrystallization Inhibition Is Insufficient to Explain Cryopreservation Abilities of Antifreeze Proteins. Biomacromolecules, 23(3), 1214-1220. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.1c01477

Sun, Y., Giubertoni, G., Bakker, H. J., Liu, J., Wagner, M., Ng, D. Y. W., Devries, A. L., & Meister, K. (2021). Disaccharide Residues are Required for Native Antifreeze Glycoprotein Activity. Biomacromolecules, 22(6), 2595-2603. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.1c00313

Devries, A. L. (2020). Fish antifreeze proteins. In Antifreeze Proteins Volume 1: Environment, Systematics and Evolution (pp. 85-129). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41929-5_5

Schwidetzky, R., Kunert, A. T., Bonn, M., Pöschl, U., Ramløv, H., Devries, A. L., Fröhlich-Nowoisky, J., & Meister, K. (2020). Inhibition of Bacterial Ice Nucleators Is Not an Intrinsic Property of Antifreeze Proteins. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 124(24), 4889-4895. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c03001

Berger, T., Meister, K., Devries, A. L., Eves, R., Davies, P. L., & Drori, R. (2019). Synergy between Antifreeze Proteins Is Driven by Complementary Ice-Binding. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 141(48), 19144-19150. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b10905

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