School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, Australia.
Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Lucas Heights, NSW, Australia.
Methods Mol Biol. 2022;2402:21-30. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1843-1_3.
Because they are firmly anchored to a noble metal substrate, tethered bilayer lipid membranes (tBLMs) are considerably more robust than supported lipid bilayers such as black lipid membranes (BLMs) (Cranfield et al. Biophys J 106:182-189, 2014). The challenge to rapidly create asymmetrical tBLMs that include a lipopolysaccharide outer leaflet for bacterial model membrane research can be overcome by the use of a Langmuir-Schaefer deposition protocol. Here, we describe the procedures required to assemble and test asymmetric lipopolysaccharide (LPS) tethered lipid bilayers.
由于它们牢固地锚定在贵金属基底上,束缚双层脂质膜(tBLM)比支撑脂质膜(如黑质脂质膜(BLM))更加坚固(Cranfield 等人,《生物物理学杂志》106:182-189,2014)。通过使用Langmuir-Schaefer 沉积方案,可以克服快速创建包括脂多糖外叶的不对称 tBLM 以用于细菌模型膜研究的挑战。在这里,我们描述组装和测试不对称脂多糖(LPS)束缚脂质双层所需的程序。