Chemical-proteomic platforms for general cysteine PTMs. (A) Structures of ICAT reagents. (B) OxICAT is a modified ICAT technology for oxidative cysteine PTMs. (C) A quantitative proteomic platform, isoTOP-ABPP, enables comprehensive identification and quantification of cysteine PTMs. (D) Caged electrophilic probes are developed to achieve in situ labeling of cysteine and analysis of cysteine PTMs within a physiological context. CBK1, caged α-bromomethylketone alkyne; IAA, idoacetamide alkyne; ICAT, isotope-coded affinity tags; isoTOP-ABPP, isotopic tandem orthogonal proteolysis activity-based protein profiling; LC-MS/MS, liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry; OxICAT, oxidative isotope-coded affinity tag; TCEP, tris(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine; UV, ultraviolet. Color images are available online.