Sodium 2-mercaptoethanesulfonate monohydrate (coenzyme M sodium salt monohydrate)
The 2-thioethanesulfonate anion is the smallest known coenzyme in nature (HS–CoM) and plays a key role in methanogenesis by anaerobic archaea, as well as in the oxidation of alkenes by Gram-negative and Gram-positive eubacteria. The title compound, Na+·C2H5O3S2−·...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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International Union of Crystallography
2008-11-01
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| Series: | Acta Crystallographica Section E |
| Online Access: | http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536808031814 |