CHEBI:61338 - bacillithiol

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ChEBI Name bacillithiol
ChEBI ID CHEBI:61338
Definition A thiol that is the α-anomeric glycoside of L-cysteinyl-D-glucosamine with L-malic acid.
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Submitter Midori Harris
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Formula C13H22N2O10S
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 398.38600
Monoisotopic Mass 398.09952
InChI InChI=1S/C13H22N2O10S/c14-4(3-26)11(21)15-8-10(20)9(19)6(2-16)25-13(8)24-5(12(22)23)1-7(17)18/h4-6,8-10,13,16,19-20,26H,1-3,14H2,(H,15,21)(H,17,18)(H,22,23)/t4-,5-,6+,8+,9+,10+,13-/m0/s1
InChIKey UHNHELGKNQMNGF-AOQKXWSCSA-N
SMILES N[C@@H](CS)C(=O)N[C@@H]1[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@@H](CO)O[C@@H]1O[C@@H](CC(O)=O)C(O)=O
Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s): antioxidant
A substance that opposes oxidation or inhibits reactions brought about by dioxygen or peroxides.
Biological Role(s): cofactor
An organic molecule or ion (usually a metal ion) that is required by an enzyme for its activity. It may be attached either loosely (coenzyme) or tightly (prosthetic group).
bacterial metabolite
Any prokaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in bacteria.
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Outgoing bacillithiol (CHEBI:61338) has role antioxidant (CHEBI:22586)
bacillithiol (CHEBI:61338) has role bacterial metabolite (CHEBI:76969)
bacillithiol (CHEBI:61338) has role cofactor (CHEBI:23357)
bacillithiol (CHEBI:61338) is a glycoside (CHEBI:24400)
bacillithiol (CHEBI:61338) is a monosaccharide derivative (CHEBI:63367)
bacillithiol (CHEBI:61338) is a thiol (CHEBI:29256)
bacillithiol (CHEBI:61338) is conjugate acid of bacillithiol(1−) (CHEBI:64876)
Incoming bacillithiol(1−) (CHEBI:64876) is conjugate base of bacillithiol (CHEBI:61338)
IUPAC Name
(2S)-2-{[2-(L-cysteinylamino)-2-deoxy-α-D-glucopyranosyl]oxy}butanedioic acid
Synonyms Sources
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Cys-GlcN-mal ChEBI
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Last Modified
13 January 2014
General Comment
2011-02-22 Appears to participate in the sensing of peroxides by Bacillus.