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Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Molecular Formula C3H4O3S
Molecular Weight 120.127
Optical Activity NONE
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of 3-MERCAPTOPYRUVIC ACID

SMILES

OC(=O)C(=O)CS

InChI

InChIKey=OJOLFAIGOXZBCI-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI=1S/C3H4O3S/c4-2(1-7)3(5)6/h7H,1H2,(H,5,6)

HIDE SMILES / InChI

Molecular Formula C3H4O3S
Molecular Weight 120.127
Charge 0
Count
Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity NONE

Approval Year

PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
Proteomic analysis of primary duck hepatocytes infected with duck hepatitis B virus.
2010-06-07
Mercaptopyruvate inhibits tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase and calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal dissolution.
2009-12
The mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase of Trichomonas vaginalis links cysteine catabolism to the production of thioredoxin persulfide.
2009-11-27
Biochemical and Genetic Characterization of PspE and GlpE, Two Single-domain Sulfurtransferases of Escherichia coli.
2008
Novel, orally effective cyanide antidotes.
2007-12-27
[Assay of endogenous hydrogen sulfide from erythrocytes].
2007-10-18
Differential expression of Arabidopsis sulfurtransferases under various growth conditions.
2007-02-02
The mercaptopyruvate pathway in cysteine catabolism: a physiologic role and related disease of the multifunctional 3-mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase.
2006
Post-translational regulation of mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase via a low redox potential cysteine-sulfenate in the maintenance of redox homeostasis.
2005-10-14
Identification of putative sulfurtransferase genes in the extremophilic Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans ATCC 23270 genome: structural and functional characterization of the proteins.
2005
Affinity labeling of a catalytic site, cysteine(247), in rat mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase by chloropyruvate as an analog of a substrate.
2004-06-03
Endogenous production of hydrogen sulfide in mammals.
2004-06
Structure-based design of inhibitors of NS3 serine protease of hepatitis C virus.
2004-01
The crystal structure of Leishmania major 3-mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase. A three-domain architecture with a serine protease-like triad at the active site.
2003-11-28
Do antidotes for acute cyanide poisoning act on mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase to facilitate detoxification?
2003-09
3-Mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase of Leishmania contains an unusual C-terminal extension and is involved in thioredoxin and antioxidant metabolism.
2003-01-17
Sulfate reduction is increased in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana expressing 5'-adenylylsulfate reductase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
2002-12
Enzymatic activity of the Arabidopsis sulfurtransferase resides in the C-terminal domain but is boosted by the N-terminal domain and the linker peptide in the full-length enzyme.
2002-09
Site-specific hydroxylation at polyguanosine in double-stranded DNA by nickel(II) in the presence of SH compounds: comparison with singlet oxygen-induced DNA damage.
2002-08
Properties of the Escherichia coli rhodanese-like protein SseA: contribution of the active-site residue Ser240 to sulfur donor recognition.
2001-07-06
Tissue and subcellular distribution of mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase in the rat: confocal laser fluorescence and immunoelectron microscopic studies combined with biochemical analysis.
1998-09
Cytosolic mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase is evolutionarily related to mitochondrial rhodanese. Striking similarity in active site amino acid sequence and the increase in the mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase activity of rhodanese by site-directed mutagenesis.
1995-07-07
Substance Class Chemical
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Name Type Language
3-MERCAPTOPYRUVIC ACID
Common Name English
.BETA.-THIOPYRUVIC ACID
Preferred Name English
PYRUVIC ACID, MERCAPTO-
Common Name English
3-MERCAPTO-2-OXOPROPIONIC ACID
Systematic Name English
PROPANOIC ACID, 3-MERCAPTO-2-OXO-
Common Name English
MERCAPTOPYRUVIC ACID
Systematic Name English
Code System Code Type Description
CAS
2464-23-5
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MESH
C008366
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WIKIPEDIA
3-MERCAPTOPYRUVIC ACID
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PUBCHEM
98
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EPA CompTox
DTXSID20862960
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CHEBI
16208
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FDA UNII
5Z1F5OW4YB
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