Reactivity of Persulfides Toward Strained Bicyclo[6.1.0]nonyne Derivatives: Relevance to Chemical Tagging of Proteins

Persulfides are an emerging class of cysteine oxidative post-translational modification. They react with the bioconjugation reagents bicyclo[6.1.0]nonynes (BCNs) to engender thioethers and/or disulfides. This new reactivity of BCNs with a biologically important redox-signaling species efficiently interferes with the recent usage of strained cycloalkynes to specifically trap protein sulfenic acids.