Dimethylsulfoniopropionate is a zwitterionic compound. Its IUPAC name is (dimethylsulfaniumyl)propanoate. For either name, the abbreviation DMSP works. DMSP has the molecular formula C5H10O2S. Its CAS registry number is 7314-30-9.DMSP is a naturally produced chemical compound, occurring as a metabolite in both terrestrial and aquatic species. It has been detected, for example, in seaweed and phytoplankton. The role of DMSP in the chemical ecology of marine planktonic microbes is largely unknown, but a recent study found chemoattraction toward experimental microscale pulses of DMSP among several motile strains of phytoplankton, heterotrophic bacteria, and bacterivore and herbivore microzooplankton [1].
Keywords: organic chemistry, biochemistry, marine ecology, chemoattraction, zwitterionic molecule
Selected literature
[1] J. R. Seymour, R. Simó, T. Ahmed and R. Stocker: Chemoattraction to Dimethylsulfoniopropionate Throughout the Marine Microbial Food Web. Science 16. July 2010, 329 (5989), pp. 342-345. DOI: 10.1126/science.1188418.
[2] J. L. DeBose, S. C. Lema and G. A. Nevitt: Dimethylsulfoniopropionate as a Foraging Cue for Reef Fishes. Science 7. March 2008, 319 (5868), p. 1356.
DOI: 10.1126/science.1151109.
[3] M. Vila-Costa, R. Simó, H. Harada, J. M. Gasol, D. Slezak and R. P. Kiene: Dimethylsulfoniopropionate Uptake by Marine Phytoplankton. Science 27. October 2006, 314 (5799), pp. 652-654. DOI: 10.1126/science.1131043.
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