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Mechanisms of siderophore iron transport in enteric bacteria.

J Leong, +1 more
- 01 May 1976 - 
- Vol. 126, Iss: 2, pp 823-830
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Uptake of 55Fe- and 3H-labeled ferrichrome and kinetically inert lambda-cis-chromic [3H]deferriferrichrome by the S. typhimurium LT-2 enb7 mutant, which is defective in the production of its native siderophore, enterobactin, appears to occur by two concurrent mechanisms.
Abstract
Uptake of 55Fe- and 3H-labeled siderophores and their chronic analogues have been studied in Salmonella typhimurium LT-2 and Escherichia coli K-12. In S. typhimurium LT-2, at least two different mechanisms for siderophore iron transport may be operative. Uptake of 55Fe- and 3H-labeled ferrichrome and kinetically inert lambda-cis-chromic [3H]deferriferrichrome by the S. typhimurium LT-2 enb7 mutant, which is defective in the production of its native siderophore, enterobactin, appears to occur by two concurrent mechanisms. The first mechanism is postulated to involve either rapid uptake of iron released from the ferric complex by cellular reduction without penetration of the complex or ligand or dissociation of the complex and simultaneous uptake of both ligand and iron coupled with simultaneous expulsion of the ligand. The second mechanism appears to consist of slower uptake of the intact ferric complex.

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Siderophore mediated absorption of iron

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Iron Uptake in Salmonella typhimurium: Utilization of Exogenous Siderochromes as Iron Carriers

TL;DR: Genetic and physiological data indicate that S. typhimurium has several transport systems of high specificity for a variety of siderochromes produced by other microorganisms.
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Iron Transport in Salmonella typhimurium: Mutants Blocked in the Biosynthesis of Enterobactin

TL;DR: Transduction experiments showed that the genes for enterobactin biosynthesis are closely linked on the S. typhimurium chromosome, and it is suggested that they form an operon which is repressed by the presence of iron.
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Enterochelin System of Iron Transport in Escherichia coli: Mutations Affecting Ferric-Enterochelin Esterase

TL;DR: The theory that iron, taken up by the cell as ferric-enterochelin is only available for general cell metabolism after hydrolysis of the ligand by enterochelin esterase is supported.
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