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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 6.
Published in final edited form as: Expert Rev Proteomics. 2008 Oct;5(5):721–730. doi: 10.1586/14789450.5.5.721

Figure 2. Structure and binding of activity based probes.

Figure 2

A: Structural features of two types of activity based probes are shown. Probe MTS-I-94 targets serine proteases. It is composed of phosphonate warhead, a cleavable diazo linker and a biotin tag. DCG-04 is a cysteine protease probe with epoxide warhead.

B: Probes that target serine and cysteine proteases irreversibly and covalently bind to the active site nucleophile (serine or cysteine).