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. 2018 Apr 16;475(7):1371–1383. doi: 10.1042/BCJ20170947

Figure 1. Summary of sulfoglycolysis.

Figure 1.

Importation of SQGro and cleavage by SQase, or direct importation of SQ, provides an intracellular pool of SQ anomers that can be interconverted by SQ mutarotase. SQ is metabolized by sulfo-ED or sulfo-EMP pathways to SLA and then to the C3-sulfonates DHPS or SL, prior to export.