Other Notes Quantitative determination of cystine and cysteine in proteins1; Reversibly modifies the essential cysteinyl residues in bact. luciferase2; In conjunction with sodium sulfite to remove nucleic acids from yeast nucleoprotein complexes by sulfitolysis3
Other Notes Thiosulfating agent; it reacts with thiols, e.g. cysteine to S-sulfo-thiols, used in the quantitative determination of total cysteine/cystine in proteins1; Reversible inactivation of enzymes2