出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/01/04 18:01 UTC 版)
MTSL (S-(2,2,5,5-tetramethyl-2,5-dihydro-1H-pyrrol-3-yl)methyl methanesulfonothioate) is a chemical compound which can be used as a nitroxide (amine oxide) paramagnetic spin label in protein Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy experiments. MTSL is attached via a disulfide bond to a cysteine residue, enabling site-directed spin labelling. Following attachment, which involves a Sulfinic acid (CH3SO2) leaving group, the MTSL moiety will add 186.3 daltons to the mass of the protein or peptide to which it is attached. The cysteine can be introduced using site-directed mutagenesis, and hence most positions in a protein can be labelled.