R. Perham, J. Thomas
Dec 14, 1971
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Journal of molecular biology
Abstract
Abstract The synthesis of the imidoester methyl 3-mercaptopropionimidate is described; this reacts selectively with the amino groups of proteins. It is intended that the additional thiol groups thereby introduced should serve as points of attachment for heavy atoms and allow the preparation of isomorphous derivatives (at chemically identifiable sites) for X-ray diffraction analysis. Specific reaction of the imidoester with one of the two lysine residues of the protein subunit of intact tobacco mosaic virus is described.