Corrigendum to “Genome-wide transcriptional effects of deletions of sulphur metabolism genes in Drosophila melanogaster” [Redox Biol. 36 (2020) 101654](S2213231720308594)(10.1016/j.redox.2020.101654)

In this article, we described the knockdown of the CG12279 gene in D. melanogaster belonging to sulfotransferase family. The functions of this gene in Drosophila have not been previously described. We incorrectly entitled this Drosophila gene as “MST” (3-mercaptopyruvate sulfotransferase), a member of sulfotransferases based on the detected rhodanese domain in its sequence. However, subsequent detailed bioinformatics and phylogenetic analysis showed that the described CG12279 gene belongs to another class of sulfotransferases (single-domain rhodanese) and is apparently an orthologue of the human TSTD1 gene encoding a single-domain sulfotransferase. The principal difference between TSTD1 and 3-MST is that 3-MST participates in the production of hydrogen sulfide, whereas TSTD1 participates mainly in the metabolism and utilization of H₂S. Importantly, 3-mst genes have not been detected in Drosophila and other arthropod's genomes (Mathew, Schlipalius et al., 2011). Thus, in this article, “MST” should be read as CG12279. We should underline that these corrections do not affect the significance and validity of the results presented in the published article.