Enterobactin and enantioenterobactin

…, EK Salmassian, TT Lau, CG Gutierrez

Index: Marinez, Eric R.; Salmassian, Eric K.; Lau, Thomas T.; Gutierrez, Carlos G. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1996 , vol. 61, # 10 p. 3548 - 3550

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Abstract

In response to biochemical requirements for iron, and the great insolubility of environmental ferric ion, microorganisms secrete siderophores (from the Greek: sideros) iron, pherein) to carry), small molecules capable of high affinity binding and transport of Fe (III). Enterobactin (1), 1 produced by E. coli and many other Gramnegative bacteria, 2 exhibits the largest binding constant (log KML) 49) for ferric ion of any natural substance. 3 It is composed of ...