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The image is of Milnesium tardigradum in active state. The journal's citation is: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045682.
A team of researchers from the University of Grenoble Alpes, the National (Taiwan) University, the CEAInstitut de Biologie Structurale, and the CNRS have learned more about the unique tardigrades that allow them to survive in extremely hostile conditions. They published their findings in a book.
Tardigrades are small animals with an average length of less than a millimeter. They are found in every part of Earth. They are able to survive in extremely hostile conditions, such as heat conditions up to 150 degrees Celsius and cold to near absolute zero. They can survive exposure to dehydration, starvation, radiation and the vacuum of space with no protection. Tardigrades can enter a state of dormancy that can last for a long time when conditions are hostile. They wake up when things improve. How they maintain their state is not understood. The researchers took a closer look to see if they could find the answer.
The researchers found that the tardigrade forms a type of gel when it's not in use. They found that theProtein was made of an extended central domain that was surrounded by termini. When stressed, long fibers are formed. The degree of the density of theProtein is dependent on the temperature. The core of a fibrillar structure is made up of a helical domain and the termini move about in the gel. They found that the gel had holes in it that could be used to store the soluble proteins. The researchers found that the entire process reversed when the tardigrade emerged from its inactive state.
Different states of CAHS-8 are imaged by an instrument called an afm. The gel on mica revealed fibrils and allowed a series to be recorded. The matrix of fibrils is getting denser while the sample is drying. After the sample was fully dehydrated and recorded the air image shows the fibrils forming a gel. The porous structures that are visible on the glass are comprised of cavities with diameters of tens of nanometers. Credit is given to the journal, 10.1002/anie.
The Intrinsically Disordered Tardigrade Proteins SelfAssemble into Fibrous Gels in Response to Environmental Stress is in the Angewandte Chemie International Edition. There is a DOI: 10.1002/anie.
The journal information is from the Angewandte Chemie International Edition.
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