2-Pyridyl disulfide AMCA-HPDP

Figure 9.24 AMCA-HPDP reacts with sulfhydryl groups through its pyridyl disulfide end to form reversible disulfide bonds.

AMCA-HPDP is JV-[6-(7-amino-4-methylcoumarin-3-acetamido)hexyl]-3 -(2 -pyridyldithio)propionamide. It is formed from AMCA plus a 1,6-diaminohexyl spacer off the carboxylate that has been additionally modified at its other end with SPDP (Chapter 5, Section 1.1). The result is a long spacer arm terminating in a pyridyl disulfide group reactive toward free sulfhydryl residues. The reaction of this group with a thiol creates a disulfide bond between the AMCA fluorophore and the molecule being modified. Thus, the fluorescent tag can be specifically cleaved by reduction with DTT or other disulfide reducing agents (Fig. 222). 

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