Thiols
The determination of thiol-containing compounds in biological materials is important for studies on the active sites of enzymes, in pharmacodynamic studies of drugs having a thiol group or in diagnosis of some kinds of diseases[1]. The selective reaction of chemical reagents with reduced protein thiols is utilized to prevent cross-linking of cysteine-containing peptides in common proteomics workflows and is applied widely in discovery and targeted redox investigations of the mechanisms underlying physiological and pathological processes[2].
[1] K Shimada et al. Derivatization of thiol-containing compounds. J Chromatogr B Biomed Appl. 1994 Sep 23;659(1-2):227-41.
[2] X Chen et al. Discovery of Heteroaromatic Sulfones As a New Class of Biologically Compatible Thiol-Selective Reagents. ACS Chem Biol. 2017 Aug 18;12(8):2201-2208.