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.
该发明提供了用于操纵膜蛋白的两性分子。这些两性分子可以具有
碳水化合物衍生的亲
水基团以及在亲
水部分和/或疏
水部分中的分支点。这种两性分子可用作溶解和稳定膜蛋白的洗涤剂,包括从细菌膜中获得的光合蛋白超组装体。