title: Sulfoacetaldehyde bisulfite adduct is a substrate for enzymes presumed to act on sulfoacetaldehyde.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, The University of Connecticut, Storrs 06269-2131, USA.
authors.forename: Rachel F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Gritzer
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Moffitt
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Godchaux
authors.forename: Edward R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Leadbetter
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000143:Acids; D013447:Sulfites; C015517:sulfoacetaldehyde; D000079:Acetaldehyde; D009584:Nitrogen