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. 2015 Mar 11;32(11):3526–3540. doi: 10.1007/s11095-015-1657-7

Fig. 4.

Fig. 4

Maleimide chemistry has been the mainstay for linkage to cysteines. Two common variants are the maleimidocaproyl (mc) and maleimidomethyl cyclohexane-1-carboxylate (mcc). Also illustrated is the self-stabilizing maleimide construct designed to prevent early release of the cytotoxin via retro-Michael reaction