This work reports the first synthesis of uniformly deuterated n-dodecyl-β-d-maltoside (d39-DDM). DDM is a mild non-ionic detergent often used in the extraction and purification of membrane proteins and for solubilizing them in experimental studies of their structure, dynamics and binding of ligands. We required d39-DDM for solubilizing large α-helical membrane proteins in samples for [15N–1H]TROSY (transverse relaxation-optimized spectroscopy) NMR experiments to achieve the highest sensitivity and best resolved spectra possible. Our synthesis of d39-DDM used d7-d-glucose and d25-n-dodecanol to introduce deuterium labelling into both the maltoside and dodecyl moieties, respectively. Two glucose molecules, one converted to a glycosyl acceptor with a free C4 hydroxyl group and one converted to a glycosyl donor substituted at C1 with a bromine in the α-configuration, were coupled together with an α(1 → 4) glycosidic bond to give maltose, which was then coupled with n-dodecanol by its substitution of a C1 bromine in the α-configuration to give DDM. 1H NMR spectra were used to confirm a high level of deuteration in the synthesized d39-DDM and to demonstrate its use in eliminating interfering signals from TROSY NMR spectra of a 52-kDa sugar transport protein solubilized in DDM.
这项工作报告了均匀
氘标记的n-
十二烷基-β-d-
麦芽糖苷(d39-D
DM)的首次合成。D
DM是一种温和的非离子型洗涤剂,通常用于膜蛋白的提取和纯化,以及在实验研究其结构、动力学和
配体结合时的溶解。我们需要d39-D
DM来溶解样品中的大型α-螺旋膜蛋白,以便进行[15N–1H]TROSY(横向弛豫优化光谱)NMR实验,从而实现最高的灵敏度和最佳的光谱分辨率。我们的d39-D
DM合成使用了d7-d-
葡萄糖和d25-n-
十二醇,将
氘标记引入
麦芽糖苷和
十二烷基基团中。两个
葡萄糖分子,其中一个转化为具有自由C4羟基的糖苷受体,另一个转化为在C1位置被α-构型
溴取代的糖苷供体,通过α(1→4)糖苷键结合在一起,形成
麦芽糖,再通过用α-构型的C1
溴取代将其与n-
十二醇结合,得到D
DM。利用1H NMR谱确认了合成的d39-D
DM具有较高的
氘标记
水平,并展示其在消除52-kDa糖转运蛋白在D
DM中溶解的TROSY NMR谱中的干扰信号方面的应用。