Water and Biomolecules -Physical Chemistry of Life Phenomena
巻, 号, ページ
Chapter 12
pp. 219-240
出版年月
2009年
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Springer-Verlag
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A disaccharide, α, α-trehalose, acts as a substitute for water in biological
systems. Such a function comes from the unique hydration and solid-state properties
of this sugar, which ultimately originate in the presence of the α, α-1,1-glycosidic
linkage. A recent study on the anhydrobiosis of Polypedilum vanderplanki, an insect
that survives desiccation, brought about a significant advance in our understanding
of the functional mechanism of trehalose in vivo.