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Quantitative analysis of residual detergent in proteoliposomes by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
A M Pistorius1, F M Stekhoven, P H Bovee-Geurts
1Department of Biochemistry, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Abstract:
An infrared spectroscopic method has been developed to quantify the residual amount of detergent present in membranes, e.g., after reconstitution of a membrane protein in phospholipids. A detergent-specific band is selected in the ir spectrum and the intensity is ratioed against a phospholipid-specific band (around 1235 cm-1, vas (P = O)). This ratio shows a linear relation with the molar ratio of detergent of phospholipid, down to as low as 1 to 10. The new method is illustrated in two case studies, viz., tris(hydroxyethyl)ammonium cholate in Na+/K(+)-ATPase proteoliposomes and n-dodecyl-beta-D-maltoside in rhodopsin proteoliposomes.