What Is the Purpose of Treating a Protein with 2-Mercaptoethanol

question 80

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of treating a protein with 2-mercaptoethanol?

• A) to hydrolyze the protein into its amino acids
• B) to cleave the disulfide bonds
• C) to derivatize any free sulfhydryl groups to prevent them from reforming disulfide bonds
• D) to derivatize the N-terminal amino acid during the Edman degradation

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