Abstract
The cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain ATCC 27898 was found to utilize the siderophore schizokinen to accumulate iron from the environment. This organism had previously been shown to produce schizokinen under low-iron conditions, and we observed that the iron-transport capability is also increased in response to iron limitation. Uptake activity was specific for ferric schizokinen displayed kinetics typical of a protein-mediated process with an apparent Km of 0.04 microM and saturation at high concentrations of substrate. Light-driven transport was blocked by uncouplers and by ATPase inhibitors. Transport in dark-adapted cells was additionally blocked by inhibitors of respiration. We conclude that ATP serves as an energy source for the cellular uptake of ferric schizokinen.
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