Steroid-based facial amphiphiles for stabilization and crystallization of membrane proteins.
Lee, S.C., Bennett, B.C., Hong, W.X., Fu, Y., Baker, K.A., Marcoux, J., Robinson, C.V., Ward, A.B., Halpert, J.R., Stevens, R.C., Stout, C.D., Yeager, M.J., Zhang, Q.(2013) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 110: E1203-E1211
- PubMed: 23479627 
- DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1221442110
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
4HWL, 4HYX - PubMed Abstract: 
Amphiphile selection is a critical step for structural studies of membrane proteins (MPs). We have developed a family of steroid-based facial amphiphiles (FAs) that are structurally distinct from conventional detergents and previously developed FAs. The unique FAs stabilize MPs and form relatively small protein-detergent complexes (PDCs), a property considered favorable for MP crystallization ...