TY  - JOUR
A1  - Mertens, Monique
A1  - Hilsch, Malte
A1  - Haralampiev, Ivan
A1  - Volkmer, Rudolf
A1  - Wessig, Pablo
A1  - Müller, Peter
T1  - Synthesis and characterization of a new Bifunctionalized, Fluorescent, and Amphiphilic molecule for recruiting SH-Containing molecules to membranes
JF  - ChemBioChem
N2  - This study describes the synthesis and characterization of an amphiphilic construct intended to recruit SH-containing molecules to membranes. The construct consists of 1)an aliphatic chain to enable anchoring within membranes, 2)a maleimide moiety to react with the sulfhydryl group of a soluble (bio)molecule, and 3)a fluorescence moiety to allow the construct to be followed by fluorescence spectroscopy and microscopy. It is shown that the construct can be incorporated into preformed membranes, thus allowing application of the approach with biological membranes. The close proximity between the fluorophore and the maleimide moiety within the construct causes fluorescence quenching. This allows monitoring of the reaction with SH-containing molecules by measurement of increases in fluorescence intensity and lifetime. Notably, the construct distributes into laterally ordered membrane domains of lipid vesicles, which is probably triggered by the length of its membrane anchor. The advantages of the new construct can be employed for several biological, biotechnological, and medicinal applications.
KW  - DBD dyes
KW  - fatty acids
KW  - liposomes
KW  - maleimide
KW  - membranes
KW  - palmitoylation
Y1  - 2018
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1002/cbic.201800268
SN  - 1439-4227
SN  - 1439-7633
VL  - 19
IS  - 15
SP  - 1643
EP  - 1647
PB  - Wiley-VCH
CY  - Weinheim
ER  -