What reagents can be used to break disulfide bonds?

Answer Posted / g.rajesh kumar

Mercaptoethanol breaks the disulphide bonds in proteins and
sds makes the protein to possess negative charge, so that
proteins can be separated based on their charge in sds-page
chromatography.

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