The molecule is an N-acetyl-L-amino acid that is L-cysteine in which the hydrogen of the thiol group has been replace by a 1,2-dicarboxyethyl group. The first metabolite in the disposal of S-(2-succino)-L-cysteine by Bacillus subtilis. It is a N-acetyl-L-amino acid, a L-cysteine derivative and a tricarboxylic acid. It is a conjugate acid of a N-acetyl-S-(2-succino)-L-cysteine(3-).
2-[(2R)-2-acetamido-2-carboxyethyl]sulfanylbutanedioic acid