Sulfoacetaldehyde bisulfite adduct is a substrate for enzymes presumed to act on sulfoacetaldehyde.
Sulfoacetaldehyde, an intermediate of interest to those studying microbial metabolism of sulfonates, is commonly synthesized as the bisulfite adduct. A published method presumed to convert this to the free aldehyde (and cited several times elsewhere in the literature) has been shown to be ineffective; this had not been realized by its users because the enzymes under study recognize the adduct as a substrate.
Gritzer
Rachel F
RF
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, The University of Connecticut, Storrs 06269-2131, USA.
Moffitt
Kenneth
K
Godchaux
Walter
W
Leadbetter
Edward R
ER
D000079:Acetaldehyde / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D000143:Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D001419:Bacteria / Q000201:enzymology; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000378:metabolism; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D013447:Sulfites / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D014835:Volatilization
D000143:Acids; D013447:Sulfites; C015517:sulfoacetaldehyde; D000079:Acetaldehyde; D009584:Nitrogen