X Xiong, Cellular & Molecular Medicine wrote:
> My Question is:
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> Does mercury tends to get into the protein core to denature protein or not?
This is more likely to happen for a small "bare" Hg like Hg2+ in HgCl2
or Hg(OAc)2 than it is for a large organomercury compound like PCMB,
PCMBS etc so if you were especially concerned about that, start with the
latter compounds. I'd also probably try Me3Pb(OAc) as an alternative to
mercurials.
Phil Jeffrey
Princeton
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