Table 1

Detergents successfully employed for the solubilization of protein complexes prior to BN-PAGE.

Detergent
Sample
Detergent concentration
Reference

Dodecylmaltoside
Mammalian
1.1%
[1]

Mitochondria



Plant Mitochondria
1.5%
[103]

Chloroplasts
2.0%
[75]

Yeast Peroxisomes
0.5% and 1.0%
[81]

Digitonin
Mammalian
4 g/g protein
[104]

Mitochondria



Plant Mitochondria
5.0 g/g protein
[6]

Chloroplasts
1.5 g/g protein
[41]

Yeast Microsomes
1.0%
[80]

Yeast Peroxisomes
1.0%
[81]

Triton X-100
Mammalian
1.0, 1.4 and 2.4%
[105]

Mitochondria



Plant Mitochondria
0.5%
[6]

Yeast Peroxisomes
0.2% and 1.0%
[81]

Whole cellular lysates of different human cell lines
0.1%
[3]

Brij 96
Whole cellular lysates of different human cell lines
0.5%
[3]

Octylglucoside
Tobacco microsomes
40 mM
[2]

Saponin
Whole cellular lysates of different human cell lines
1.0%
[3]

Eubel et al. Plant Methods 2005 1:11   doi:10.1186/1746-4811-1-11