Not available outside of the UK & Ireland.
Application
Facade®EM (3α-hydroxy-7α,12α-di-((O-β-D-maltosyl)-2-hydroxyethoxy)-cholane) may be used:as a facial amphiphile detergent to purify protoxin-II (ProTx2)-voltage-sensor domain II (VSD2)-voltage-gated sodium (NavAb) channel as an additive in fluorescence quenching experiments of pentaene-SM 18 to form isotropic bicelles with p75 for nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) studies
Biochem/physiol Actions
Facades can be used for the crystallization of membrane proteins since they are considered as optimized membrane mimetics.
General description
Facade-EM is a two-dimensional amphiphile with hydrophobic and hydrophilic faces that has superior ability to stabilize integral membrane proteins. This new class of detergents represents a departure from traditional one-dimensional polar-head/nonpolar-tail molecules.
Legal Information
Facade is a registered trademark of Avanti Polar Lipids, Inc.
Packaging
5 mL Amber Glass Screw Cap Vial (850522P-25mg)
20 mL Clear Glass Screw Cap Vial (850522P-200mg)
20 mL Clear Glass Screw Cap Vial (850522P-1g)
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