A New Class of Amphiphiles Bearing Rigid Hydrophobic Groups for Solubilization and Stabilization of Membrane Proteins

Pil Seok Chae, Søren G F Rasmussen, Rohini R Rana, Kamil Gotfryd, Andrew C Kruse, Aashish Manglik, Kyung Ho Cho, Shailika Nurva, Ulrik Gether, Lan Guan, Claus J Loland, Bernadette Byrne, Brian K Kobilka, Samuel H Gellman

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Abstract

Non-traditional amphiphiles: Conferring aqueous solubility on membrane proteins generally requires the use of a detergent or other amphiphilic agent. A new class of amphiphiles was synthesized, based on steroidal lipophilic groups, and evaluated with several membrane proteins. The results show that the new amphiphile, "glyco-diosgenin" (GDN; see figure), confers enhanced stability to a variety of membrane proteins in solution relative to popular conventional detergents, such as dodecylmaltoside (DDM).
Original languageEnglish
JournalChemistry: A European Journal
Volume18
Issue number31
Pages (from-to)9485-90
Number of pages6
ISSN0947-6539
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 27 Jul 2012

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