Shewanella oneidensis MR‐1 mutants selected for their inability to produce soluble organic‐Fe(III) complexes are unable to respire Fe(III) as anaerobic electron …

ME Jones, CM Fennessey… - Environmental …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Recent voltammetric analyses indicate that Shewanella putrefaciens strain 200 produces
soluble organic‐Fe (III) complexes during anaerobic respiration of sparingly soluble Fe (III) …

[HTML][HTML] Iron utilization in marine cyanobacteria and eukaryotic algae

J Morrissey, C Bowler - Frontiers in microbiology, 2012 - frontiersin.org
Iron is essential for aerobic organisms. Additionally, photosynthetic organisms must maintain
the iron-rich photosynthetic electron transport chain, which likely evolved in the iron-replete …

Analysis of the vibrioferrin biosynthetic pathway of Vibrio parahaemolyticus

T Tanabe, H Mitome, K Miyamoto, K Akira, H Tsujibo… - Biometals, 2024 - Springer
Siderophores are small-molecule iron chelators produced by many microorganisms that
capture and uptake iron from the natural environment and host. Their biosynthesis in …

Regulation of iron storage by CsrA supports exponential growth of Escherichia coli

C Pourciau, A Pannuri, A Potts, H Yakhnin, P Babitzke… - Mbio, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
The global regulatory protein CsrA coordinates gene expression in response to
physiological cues reflecting cellular stress and nutrition. CsrA binding to the 5′ segments …

[HTML][HTML] Novel anion-independent iron coordination by members of a third class of bacterial periplasmic ferric ion-binding proteins

SR Shouldice, DE McRee, DR Dougan, LW Tari… - Journal of Biological …, 2005 - ASBMB
The uptake of the element iron is vital for the survival of most organisms. Numerous
pathogenic Gram-negative bacteria utilize a periplasm-to-cytosol ATP-binding cassette …

Comparative proteomics of a versatile, marine, iron‐oxidizing chemolithoautotroph

RA Barco, N Merino, B Lam, B Budnik… - Environmental …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This study conducted a comparative proteomic analysis to identify potential genetic markers
for the biological function of chemolithoautotrophic iron oxidation in the marine bacterium …

Algae induce siderophore biosynthesis in the freshwater bacterium Cupriavidus necator H16

C Kurth, I Wasmuth, T Wichard, G Pohnert, M Nett - Biometals, 2019 - Springer
Cupriachelin is a photoreactive lipopeptide siderophore produced by the freshwater
bacterium Cupriavidus necator H16. In the presence of sunlight, the iron-loaded siderophore …

The Frataxin Homologue Fra Plays a Key Role in Intracellular Iron Channeling in Bacillus subtilis

AG Albrecht, H Landmann, D Nette, O Burghaus… - …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Frataxin homologues are important iron chaperones in eukarya and prokarya. Using a
native proteomics approach we were able to identify the structural frataxin homologue Fra …

Breaking a pathogen's iron will: Inhibiting siderophore production as an antimicrobial strategy

AL Lamb - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Proteins and …, 2015 - Elsevier
The rise of antibiotic resistance is a growing public health crisis. Novel antimicrobials are
sought, preferably developing nontraditional chemical scaffolds that do not inhibit standard …

Molecular strategies of microbial iron assimilation: from high-affinity complexes to cofactor assembly systems

M Miethke - Metallomics, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Microorganisms have to cope with restricted iron bioavailability in most environmental
habitats as well as during host colonization. The continuous struggle for iron has brought …