Antifreeze proteins originating in fishes

摘要

The present invention is intended to promote the utilization of antifreeze proteins by obtaining antifreeze proteins from fish species inhabiting water areas in Japan, water areas close to Japan, or water areas wherein the climate is equivalent to that of the above water areas, and particularly from fish species selected from the genera Myoxocephalus, Gymnocanthus, Hemilepidotus, Furcina, Hypomesus, Spirinchus, Mallotus, Pleurogrammus, Sebastes, Clupea, Limanda, Liopsetta, Clidoderma, Cleisthenes, Microstomus, Lepidopsetta, Platichthys, Kareius, Eopsetta, Gadus, Theragra, Ammodytes, Hypoptychus, Trachurus, Brachyopsis, Pholis, Opisthocentrus, Zoarces, Ascoldia, Pholidapus and Etrumeus.