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Xiaohua Wu1, Yuping Xin1, Qingda Wang1
1State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266200, China.
Abstract:
Using alkyl halides to tag reactive sulfur species (RSSs) (H2S, per/polysulfide, and protein-SSH) is an extensively applied approach. The underlying supposition is that, as with thiols, RSS reacts with alkyl halides via a nucleophilic substitution reaction. We found that this supposition is facing a challenge. RSS also initiates a reductive dehalogenation reaction, which generates the reduced unloaded tag and oxidized RSS. Therefore, RSS content in bio-samples might be underestimated, and its species might not be precisely determined when using alkyl halide agents for its analysis. To calculate to the extent of this underestimation, further studies are still required.
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