In meso Approaches to Membrane Protein Crystallization - Molecules: Nucleation, Aggregation and Crystallization - page 264

Table 1. Detergents which are often used for Solubilization and Crystallization of Membrane Proteins (www.anatrace.com)

CMC Aggregation

Detergent Structure Formula FW (H 2 O) Number (H 2 O)

C8E4 Octyl tetraethylene glycol ether CH 3 (CH 2 ) 7 O(CH 2 CH 2 O) 4 H 306.45 ∼8 mM ~82

(0.25%)
(0.1M
NaCl)

OG n-octyl-b-D-glucopyranoside 292.4 18-20 mM ~27-100

(0.53%)

DM n-decyl-b-D-maltopyranoside 482.6 1.8 mM ~69

(0.087%)

DDM n-dodecyl-b-D-maltopyranoside 510.6 0.17 mM ~78-149

(0.0087%)

FOS-12 n-Dodecylphosphocholine 351.5 1.5 mM ~50-60

(0.047%)

LDAO N,N-dimethyldodecylamine- 229.41 1-2 mM ~76