SIDEROPHORE ELECTROCHEMISTRY - RELATION TO INTRACELLULAR IRON RELEASE MECHANISM
SIDEROPHORE ELECTROCHEMISTRY - RELATION TO INTRACELLULAR IRON RELEASE MECHANISM
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.75.8.3551
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发表时间:
1978-01-01
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
RAYMOND, KN
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作者:
COOPER, SR;MCARDLE, JV;RAYMOND, KN
Previous studies showed that there is a major difference between the Fe release mechanism of enterobactin, a catechol-based siderophore, and that of the hydroxamate-based siderophores such as ferrichrome. For ferric enterobactin there is an esterase that hydrolyzes the ligand during Fe release. Fe is released by the hydroxamate-based siderophores and the ligands are reused in subsequent Fe transport. Release of Fe by hydroxamates occurs by reduction to the ferrous complex, a process that does not occur for ferric enterobactin. Cyclic voltammograms of ferrichrome A and ferrioxamine B exhibit reversible 1-electron waves with pH-independent formal potentials (Ef vs. the normal H electrode)-446 and -454 mV, respectively, within the range of physiological reductants. Ferric enterobactin also shows a reversible 1-electron wave (at pH > 10) with Ef = -986 mV vs. the normal H electrode. From the pH dependence of this potential, a reduction potential of -750 mV at pH 7 was estimated. In sharp contrast to the value for the ferric hydroxamates, this value is well below the range of physiological reducing agents. The results demonstrate that the observed hydrolysis of enterobactin is a necessary prerequisite to in vivo release of iron from the siderophore via ferric ion reduction.