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Title: Amphiphiles for protein solubilization and stabilization

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1078330

The invention provides amphiphiles for manipulating membrane proteins. The amphiphiles can feature carbohydrate-derived hydrophilic groups and branchpoints in the hydrophilic moiety and/or in a lipophilic moiety. Such amphiphiles are useful as detergents for solubilization and stabilization of membrane proteins, including photosynthetic protein superassemblies obtained from bacterial membranes.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357; W-31-109-ENG-38
Assignee:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, WI) ; UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, IL)
Patent Number(s):
8,263,754
Application Number:
12/420,701
OSTI ID:
1078330
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (4)

Glycotripod Amphiphiles for Solubilization and Stabilization of a Membrane‐Protein Superassembly: Importance of Branching in the Hydrophilic Portion journal July 2008
Synthesis of some aglycon analogs of globotriosylceramide journal December 1999
[11] The design and synthesis of detergents for membrane biochemistry book January 1986
Synthesis and mesogenic properties of a Y-shaped glyco-glycero-lipid journal August 2004

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