New reagents for the introduction of the thiomethyl group at sulfhydryl residues of proteins with concomitant spectrophotometric titration of the sulfhydryls: Methyl 3-nitro-2-pyridyl disulfide and methyl 2-pyridyl disulfide
✍ Scribed by Takahide Kimura; Rei Matsueda; Yasushi Nakagawa; E.T. Kaiser
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 641 KB
- Volume
- 122
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0003-2697
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✦ Synopsis
Two new reagents for the titration of sulfhydryl groups in peptides and proteins and for their temporary blocking with the thiomethyl group have been developed. The sulfhydryl groups in cysteine, glutathione, and papain react quantiatively under mild conditions with these reagents, methyl 3-nitro-2-pyridyl disulfide and methyl 2-pyridyl disulfide, with concomitant methanethiolation and without the need to employ a large excess of reagent. Because of the chromophoric properties of the 3-nitro-2-thiopyridone and 2-thiopyridone products, spectrophotometric titration of the sulfhydryl groups can be carried out, accompanying their methanethiolation. The modification of the sulfhydryl groups in peptides and proteins with thiomethyl is rapidly and completely reversible upon addition of thiols such as L-cysteine.