Iron Transport in Escherichia coli: Roles of Energy-dependent Uptake and 2,3-Dihydroxybenzoylserine

Iron transport in Escherichia coli: uptake and modification of ferrichrome.

During the transport of iron as ferrichrome complex into cells of Escherichia coli K-12, the ligand was modified and excreted into the medium. The rate of the formation of the modified product corresponded with the rate of iron transport. The modified product showed a decreased affinity for ferric iron and did not serve as an effective iron ionophore. After all of the ferrichrome had been conve...

Iron uptake by Escherichia coli.

Ferric iron is transported into Escherichia coli by a number of chelating compounds. Iron transport through the outer membrane by citrate, ferrichrome, enterobactin, aerobactin, yersiniabactin, and heme is catalyzed by highly specific proteins and across the cytoplasmic membrane by ABC transport systems with lower specificity. Transport across the outer membrane requires energy, which is provid...

Iron transport in Escherichia coli K-12. 2,3-Dihydroxybenzoate-promoted iron uptake.

Anaerobic iron uptake by Escherichia coli.

Assimilation and uptake of iron in anaerobic cultures of Escherichia coli were supported by iron supplied as ferrienterobactin, ferrichrome, and ferrous ascorbate; however, as in the aerobic cultures, ferrichrome A was a poor iron source. Albomycin inhibited both aerobically and anaerobically grown cells. The siderophore outer membrane receptor proteins FepA and FhuA were produced under anaerob...

Ferrous iron uptake by a magnesium transport system is toxic for Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium.

At low magnesium concentrations, Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium LT2 accumulate ferrous iron independent of the ferrous iron transport system feo. Mutant strains with mutations in the magnesium transport gene corA accumulated less ferrous iron than the parent strains. corA+ and corA strains also differed in their sensitivity to ferrous iron under oxic conditions. corA mutants were m...