| CPC C07D 207/416 (2013.01) [C07D 207/46 (2013.01); C07D 513/04 (2013.01); G01N 33/60 (2013.01); G01N 33/6845 (2013.01); G01N 33/6848 (2013.01); G01N 33/6851 (2013.01); G01N 2458/15 (2013.01); G01N 2560/00 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |

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1. A crosslinker for identifying specifically interacting proteins and the sites of crosslinking by mass spectrometry (MS) which crosslinker has the formula (1):
PBG-X1—Y—Z—Y—X2-PBG (1)
wherein each protein binding group (PBG) reacts with an amino, sulfhydryl, hydroxyl or carboxyl group;
X1 and X2 are structurally identical linkers containing 3-15 linking member atoms selected from C, N, O and S, and wherein X1 and X2 contain different isotopes such that the mass of X1 differs from the mass of X2;
both Y are bonds cleavable under the same MS conditions as peptide bonds; and
Z is a linker containing 1-20 linking members selected from C, N, O and S.
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