2003
Amphipols: polymeric surfactants for membrane biology research
Popot J, Berry E, Charvolin D, Creuzenet C, Ebel C, Engelman D, Flötenmeyer M, Giusti F, Gohon Y, Hervé P, Hong Q, Lakey J, Leonard K, Shuman H, Timmins P, Warschawski D, Zito F, Zoonens M, Pucci B, Tribet C. Amphipols: polymeric surfactants for membrane biology research. Cellular And Molecular Life Sciences 2003, 60: 1559-1574. PMID: 14513831, PMCID: PMC11138540, DOI: 10.1007/s00018-003-3169-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMembrane proteinsQuasi-irreversible mannerPolymeric surfactantsAmphiphilic polymersMembrane biologyAqueous solutionTransmembrane surfaceAmphipolsBiology researchDissociating characterPutative usesNative stateSurfactantsNovel familyProteinCurrent knowledgeRapid inactivationNoncovalentDetergentsPolymersBiologyCompoundsComplexesInactivationAbsence
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Truncated staphylococcal nuclease is compact but disordered.
Flanagan J, Kataoka M, Shortle D, Engelman D. Truncated staphylococcal nuclease is compact but disordered. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1992, 89: 748-752. PMID: 1731350, PMCID: PMC48316, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.89.2.748.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsComplete folding pathwayWild-type levelsCarboxyl-terminal deletionsSecondary structural featuresNative-like conformationPersistent secondary structureProtein foldsCarboxyl terminusFolding pathwaysPolypeptide chainSecondary structureAmino acidsStaphylococcal nucleaseSmall-angle X-rayNuclear magnetic resonanceCircular dichroismPhysiological conditionsNucleasePotent inhibitorDeletionSolvent exclusionMolecules resultsStructural featuresPresence of calciumRibosomes