Langmuir-Schaefer Deposition to Create an Asymmetrical Lipopolysaccharide Sparsely Tethered Lipid Bilayer.

Publisher:
Springer US
Publication Type:
Chapter
Citation:
Methods in Molecular Biology, 2022, 2402, pp. 21-30
Issue Date:
2022
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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.
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