CHEBI:16208 - 3-mercaptopyruvic acid

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ChEBI Name 3-mercaptopyruvic acid
ChEBI ID CHEBI:16208
Definition A 2-oxo monocarboxylic acid that is pyruvic acid substituted by a sulfanyl group at position 3.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:6767, CHEBI:14583, CHEBI:20104, CHEBI:11847, CHEBI:20103
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Formula C3H4O3S
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 120.12806
Monoisotopic Mass 119.98812
InChI InChI=1S/C3H4O3S/c4-2(1-7)3(5)6/h7H,1H2,(H,5,6)
InChIKey OJOLFAIGOXZBCI-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES OC(=O)C(=O)CS
Metabolite of Species Details
Mus musculus (NCBI:txid10090) Source: BioModels - MODEL1507180067 See: PubMed
Escherichia coli (NCBI:txid562) See: PubMed
Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s): Bronsted acid
A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Bronsted base).
(via oxoacid )
Biological Role(s): Escherichia coli metabolite
Any bacterial metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in Escherichia coli.
mouse metabolite
Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in a mouse (Mus musculus).
human metabolite
Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in humans (Homo sapiens).
Application(s): antidote to cyanide poisoning
A role borne by a molecule that acts to counteract or neutralize the deleterious effects of cyanide.
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Outgoing 3-mercaptopyruvic acid (CHEBI:16208) has functional parent pyruvic acid (CHEBI:32816)
3-mercaptopyruvic acid (CHEBI:16208) has role Escherichia coli metabolite (CHEBI:76971)
3-mercaptopyruvic acid (CHEBI:16208) has role antidote to cyanide poisoning (CHEBI:90749)
3-mercaptopyruvic acid (CHEBI:16208) has role human metabolite (CHEBI:77746)
3-mercaptopyruvic acid (CHEBI:16208) has role mouse metabolite (CHEBI:75771)
3-mercaptopyruvic acid (CHEBI:16208) is a 2-oxo monocarboxylic acid (CHEBI:35910)
3-mercaptopyruvic acid (CHEBI:16208) is a thiol (CHEBI:29256)
3-mercaptopyruvic acid (CHEBI:16208) is conjugate acid of 3-mercaptopyruvate (CHEBI:57678)
Incoming 3-mercaptopyruvate (CHEBI:57678) is conjugate base of 3-mercaptopyruvic acid (CHEBI:16208)
IUPAC Name
2-oxo-3-sulfanylpropanoic acid
Synonyms Sources
3-mercapto-2-oxopropanoic acid ChemIDplus
3-Mercaptopyruvate KEGG COMPOUND
3-Mercaptopyruvic acid KEGG COMPOUND
Mercaptopyruvate KEGG COMPOUND
Manual Xrefs Databases
3-MERCAPTO-PYRUVATE MetaCyc
3-Mercaptopyruvic_acid Wikipedia
C00007464 KNApSAcK
C00957 KEGG COMPOUND
ECMDB01368 ECMDB
HMDB0001368 HMDB
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
1747058 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
2464-23-5 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
Citation Waiting for Citations Type Source
7054184 PubMed citation Europe PMC
Last Modified
10 September 2017