Chemical Component Summary

Name2,3-DIHYDROXY-1,4-DITHIOBUTANE
Synonyms1,4-DITHIOTHREITOL
Identifiers(2R,3R)-1,4-bis-sulfanylbutane-2,3-diol
FormulaC4 H10 O2 S2
Molecular Weight154.251
TypeNON-POLYMER
Isomeric SMILESC([C@@H]([C@H](CS)O)O)S
InChIInChI=1S/C4H10O2S2/c5-3(1-7)4(6)2-8/h3-8H,1-2H2/t3-,4-/m0/s1
InChIKeyVHJLVAABSRFDPM-IMJSIDKUSA-N

Chemical Details

Formal Charge0
Atom Count18
Chiral Atom Count2
Bond Count17
Aromatic Bond Count0

Drug Info: DrugBank

DrugBank IDDB04447 
Name1,4-Dithiothreitol
Groups experimental
DescriptionA reagent commonly used in biochemical studies as a protective agent to prevent the oxidation of SH (thiol) groups and for reducing disulphides to dithiols. [PubChem]
Synonyms
  • 1,4-Dithiothreitol
  • 2,3-dihydroxy-1,4-dithiobutane
CAS number3483-12-3

Drug Targets

NameTarget SequencePharmacological ActionActions
Thymidylate synthaseMKQYLELMQKVLDEGTQKNDRTGTGTLSIFGHQMRFNLQDGFPLVTTKRC...unknown
Triosephosphate isomeraseMAEDGEEAEFHFAALYISGQWPRLRADTDLQRLGSSAMAPSRKFFVGGNW...unknown
Maleylacetoacetate isomeraseMQAGKPILYSYFRSSCSWRVRIALALKGIDYKTVPINLIKDRGQQFSKDF...unknown
3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductaseMLSRLFRMHGLFVASHPWEVIVGTVTLTICMMSMNMFTGNNKICGWNYEC...unknown
Listeriolysin regulatory proteinMNAQAEEFKKYLETNGIKPKQFHKKELIFNQWDPQEYCIFLYDGITKLTS...unknown
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Drug Info/Drug Targets: DrugBank 3.0: a comprehensive resource for 'omics' research on drugs. Knox C, Law V, Jewison T, Liu P, Ly S, Frolkis A, Pon A, Banco K, Mak C, Neveu V, Djoumbou Y, Eisner R, Guo AC, Wishart DS. Nucleic Acids Res. 2011 Jan; 39 (Database issue):D1035-41. | PMID:21059682

Related Resource References

Resource NameReference
PubChem 439196
ChEMBL CHEMBL406270
ChEBI CHEBI:42106