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Crochelins: Siderophores with an Unprecedented Iron‐Chelating Moiety from the Nitrogen‐Fixing Bacterium Azotobacter chroococcum

Author(s): Baars, Oliver; Zhang, Xinning; Gibson, Marcus I; Stone, Alan T; Morel, François MM; et al

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Abstract: Microbes use siderophores to access essential iron resources in the environment. Over 500 siderophores are known, but they utilize a small set of common moieties to bind iron. Azotobacter chroococcum expresses iron‐rich nitrogenases, with which it reduces N2. Though an important agricultural inoculant, the structures of its iron‐binding molecules remain unknown. Here, the “chelome” of A. chroococcum is examined using small molecule discovery and bioinformatics. The bacterium produces vibrioferrin and amphibactins as well as a novel family of siderophores, the crochelins. Detailed characterization shows that the most abundant member, crochelin A, binds iron in a hexadentate fashion using a new iron‐chelating γ‐amino acid. Insights into the biosynthesis of crochelins and the mechanism by which iron may be removed upon import of the holo‐siderophore are presented. This work expands the repertoire of iron‐chelating moieties in microbial siderophores.
Publication Date: 14-Nov-2017
Citation: Baars, Oliver, Xinning Zhang, Marcus I. Gibson, Alan T. Stone, François MM Morel, and Mohammad R. Seyedsayamdost. "Crochelins: Siderophores with an Unprecedented Iron‐Chelating Moiety from the Nitrogen‐Fixing Bacterium Azotobacter chroococcum." Angewandte Chemie International Edition 57, no. 2 (2018): 536-541. doi:10.1002/anie.201709720.
DOI: doi:10.1002/anie.201709720
ISSN: 1433-7851
EISSN: 1521-3773
Pages: 536 - 541
Language: eng
Type of Material: Journal Article
Journal/Proceeding Title: Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Version: Author's manuscript



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