An engineered lithocholate-based facial amphiphile stabilizes membrane proteins: assessing the impact of detergent customizability on protein stability
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Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Amphiphiles are critical tools for the structural and functional study of membrane proteins. Membrane proteins encapsulated by conventional head‐to‐tail detergents tend to undergo structural degradation, necessitating the development of structurally novel agents with improved efficacy. In recent years, facial amphiphiles have yielded encouraging results in terms of membrane protein stability. Herein, we report a new facial detergent (i.e., LFA‐C4) that confers greater stability to tested membrane proteins than the bola form analogue. Owing to the increased facial property and the adaptability of the detergent micelles in complex with different membrane proteins, LFA‐C4 yields increased stability compared to n‐dodecyl‐β‐d‐maltoside (DDM). Thus, this study not only describes a novel maltoside detergent with enhanced protein‐stabilizing properties, but also shows that the customizable nature of a detergent plays an important role in the stabilization of membrane proteins. Owing to both synthetic convenience and enhanced stabilization efficacy for a range of membrane proteins, the new agent has major potential in membrane protein research.
Date Issued
2018-07-11
Date Acceptance
2018-05-09
Citation
Chemistry: A European Journal, 2018, 24 (39), pp.9860-9868
ISSN
0947-6539
Publisher
Wiley
Start Page
9860
End Page
9868
Journal / Book Title
Chemistry: A European Journal
Volume
24
Issue
39
Copyright Statement
© 2018 Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article, which has been published in final form at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/chem.201801141. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Chemistry
amphiphiles
membrane proteins
micelles
protein stabilization
protein structures
MUSCARINIC ACETYLCHOLINE-RECEPTOR
BACTERIAL REACTION CENTERS
BETA(2)-ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR
ALLOSTERIC MODULATION
MNG AMPHIPHILES
SOLUBILIZATION
BOLAAMPHIPHILES
CRYSTALLIZATION
SURFACTANTS
PREDICTION
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2018-05-09