Talk:Methyl fluorosulfonate
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Methylating lipids?[edit]
The article claims that the toxicity of methyl fluorosulfonate is due to the methylation of lipids in cell membranes. This seems unlikely to me, as most lipids lack nucleophilic groups. I would suspect methyl fluorosulfonate likely alkylates and denatures the membrane proteins instead. Since I can't get access to reference 1, I would suggest removing this bit of speculation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.189.251.1 (talk) 21:00, 6 December 2016 (UTC)