Peter L. Davies

Jun 25, 2024 | febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Laurie Graham |Peter L. Davies

AFP antifreeze protein AFGP antifreeze glycoprotein BH-lp bullhead lunapark gene ER endoplasmic reticulum IBS ice-binding surface LHS longhorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus) LHS-AFP longhorn sculpin skin antifreeze protein SHS shorthorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus scorpius) SHS-AFP shorthorn sculpin antifreeze protein SHS-lp shorthorn sculpin lunapark gene SRA sequence read archive of NCBI TE transposable element Introduction One subset of ice-binding proteins are the antifreeze...

Jun 5, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Laurie Graham |Peter L. Davies

AbstractThe alanine-rich, alpha-helical type I antifreeze proteins (AFPs) in fishes are thought to have arisen independently in the last 30 ma on at least four occasions. This hypothesis has recently been proven for the flounder and sculpin AFPs that both originated by gene duplication and divergence followed by substantial gene copy number expansion.