Self-assembly of surfactants: An overview on general aspects of amphiphiles

S Ghosh, A Ray, N Pramanik - Biophysical Chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Surfactants are molecules (ionic or nonionic) that upon adsorption at the air-water interface
reduce surface tension of water. Therefore, surfactants are surface-active agents …

Amphipols from A to Z

JL Popot, T Althoff, D Bagnard… - Annual review of …, 2011 - annualreviews.org
Amphipols (APols) are short amphipathic polymers that can substitute for detergents to keep
integral membrane proteins (MPs) water soluble. In this review, we discuss their structure …

[HTML][HTML] Crystallogenesis of membrane proteins mediated by polymer-bounded lipid nanodiscs

J Broecker, BT Eger, OP Ernst - Structure, 2017 - cell.com
For some membrane proteins, detergent-mediated solubilization compromises protein
stability and functionality, often impairing biophysical and structural analyses. Hence …

Bacterial reaction centers purified with styrene maleic acid copolymer retain native membrane functional properties and display enhanced stability

DJK Swainsbury, S Scheidelaar… - Angewandte …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Integral membrane proteins often present daunting challenges for biophysical
characterization, a fundamental issue being how to select a surfactant that will optimally …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of the annular lipid shell of the Sec translocon

I Prabudiansyah, I Kusters, A Caforio… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2015 - Elsevier
The bacterial Sec translocase in its minimal form consists of a membrane-embedded protein-
conducting pore SecYEG that interacts with the motor protein SecA to mediate the …

Amphipols for each season

M Zoonens, JL Popot - The Journal of membrane biology, 2014 - Springer
Amphipols (APols) are short amphipathic polymers that can substitute for detergents at the
transmembrane surface of membrane proteins (MPs) and, thereby, keep them soluble in …

Advances in the mass spectrometry of membrane proteins: from individual proteins to intact complexes

NP Barrera, CV Robinson - Annual review of biochemistry, 2011 - annualreviews.org
Rapid advances in structural genomics and in large-scale proteomic projects have yielded
vast amounts of data on soluble proteins and their complexes. Despite these advances …

Large-scale production and protein engineering of G protein-coupled receptors for structural studies

D Milić, DB Veprintsev - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Structural studies of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) gave insights into molecular
mechanisms of their action and contributed significantly to molecular pharmacology. This is …

Oligomeric assembly of the C-terminal and transmembrane region of SARS-CoV-2 nsp3

M Babot, Y Boulard, S Agouda, L Pieri… - Journal of …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
As for all single-stranded, positive-sense RNA (+ RNA) viruses, intracellular RNA synthesis
relies on extensive remodeling of host cell membranes that leads to the formation of …

Nonionic homopolymeric amphipols: application to membrane protein folding, cell-free synthesis, and solution nuclear magnetic resonance

P Bazzacco, E Billon-Denis, KS Sharma, LJ Catoire… - Biochemistry, 2012 - ACS Publications
Nonionic amphipols (NAPols) synthesized by homotelomerization of an amphiphatic
monomer are able to keep membrane proteins (MPs) stable and functional in the absence of …