Glyco-diosgenin

Glyco-diosgenin is a synthetic surfactant and detergent for extracting proteins from membranes for structure and function studies, and single-particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryoEM) studies of membrane proteins[1][2].

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[1]Dalsen L, et, al. In meso crystallogenesis. Compatibility of the lipid cubic phase with the synthetic digitonin analogue, glyco-diosgenin. J Appl Crystallogr. 2020 Mar 25;53(Pt 2):530-535.|[2]Wojnowska M,et, al. Precursor-Receptor Interactions in the Twin Arginine Protein Transport Pathway Probed with a New Receptor Complex Preparation. Biochemistry. 2018 Mar 13;57(10):1663-1671.