The invention provides amphiphilic compounds with hydrophobic and hydrophilic faces. The compounds can be readily prepared from steroids such as cholic acid or deoxycholic acid, which provide hydrophobic skeletons with structures similar to that of the lipid cholesterol. The compounds of the invention can be used to aid the solubilization, isolation, purification, stabilization, crystallization, and/or structural determination of membrane proteins, and to prepare micelles for delivery of a bioactive agent, such as a drug or a gene, to a subject.
该发明提供了具有疏
水和亲
水面的两性化合物。这些化合物可以从类
固醇如
胆酸或
去氧胆酸中轻松制备,这些类
固醇提供了与脂质胆固
醇类似的具有疏
水骨架的结构。该发明的化合物可用于辅助溶解、分离、纯化、稳定化、结晶和/或确定膜蛋白的结构,并制备微胶束以传递
生物活性剂,如药物或
基因,给受试者。