Abstract:
:Surfactants carrying either a hydrocarbon or a fluorocarbon alkyl chain have been synthesized. The polar head was either tris(hydroxymethyl)acrylamidomethane (THAM), telomerized THAM, or a glycosylated THAM moiety. The aqueous solubility of some of these molecules was increased by oxidizing to a sulfoxide the thioether function that associates their hydrophobic and hydrophilic moieties. In all cases, the critical micellar concentration was principally determined by the length and chemical nature of the alkyl chain. The usefulness of these surfactants in handling integral membrane proteins in solution has been examined using as test materials chloroplast thylakoid membranes and the photosynthetic complex cytochrome b6f. In keeping with earlier observations in other systems, none of the fluorinated surfactants was able to solubilize thylakoid membranes. Transfer to a solution of fluorinated surfactant of b6f complexes that had been solubilized and purified in the presence of a classical detergent usually resulted in aggregation and precipitation of the protein, while most homologous molecules with hydrocarbon chains did keep the b6f complex soluble. Two of the fluorinated surfactants, however, proved able to maintain the b6f complex water-soluble, intact, and enzymatically active. Because of their limited affinity for lipid alkyl chains and other hydrocarbon surfaces, fluorinated surfactants appear as potentially interesting tools for the study of membrane proteins that do not stand well exposure to classical detergents.
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Biochimiejournal_title
Biochimieauthors
Chabaud E,Barthélémy P,Mora N,Popot JL,Pucci Bdoi
10.1016/s0300-9084(00)80017-6subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1998-05-01 00:00:00pages
515-30issue
5-6eissn
0300-9084issn
1638-6183pii
S0300-9084(00)80017-6journal_volume
80pub_type
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