
5'-Methylthioadenosine
5'-S-methyl-5'-thioadenosine is adenosine with the hydroxy group at C-5' substituted with a methylthio (methylsulfanyl) group. It has a role as a mouse metabolite, a Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite, an Escherichia coli metabolite, a human metabolite and an algal metabolite. It is functionally related to an adenosine. — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- (2R,3R,4S,5S)-2-(6-aminopurin-9-yl)-5-(methylsulfanylmethyl)oxolane-3,4-diol
- Molecular formula
- C11H15N5O3S
- Molecular weight
- 297.34 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 297.08956053 Da
- XLogP3
- -0.3
- Topological polar surface area
- 145.0 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 3
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 8
- Covalent units
- 1
- Defined stereocentres
- 4
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:17509
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL277041
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID20179308
- PubMed:37611859
- PubMed:37545493
- PubMed:31712395
- PubMed:29968805
- PubMed:27469509
- PubMed:23040436
- PubMed:23000879
- PubMed:22854195
- PubMed:22729051
- PubMed:22685558
- PubMed:22629346
- PubMed:22563508
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