Infobox references. 2-Iodoacetamide is an alkylating specialist utilized for peptide planning purposes. Its activities are like those of iodoacetate. It is generally used to tie covalently with the thiol gathering of cysteine so the protein can't shape disulfide bonds.Reducing operators are utilized in the decrease of disulfide obligations of proteins and peptides. It is regularly important to expel the lessening operators from the protein/peptide answers for keep them from meddling with resulting techniques.