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. 1973 Sep;115(3):912–918. doi: 10.1128/jb.115.3.912-918.1973

Hydroxamate Recognition During Iron Transport from Hydroxamate-Iron Chelates

A H Haydon a, W B Davis a,1, Jean E L Arceneaux a, B R Byers a
PMCID: PMC246336  PMID: 4199516

Abstract

Kinetics of radioactive iron transport from three structurally different secondary hydroxamate-iron chelates (schizokinen-iron, produced by Bacillus megaterium ATCC 19213; Desferal-iron, produced by an actinomycete; and aerobactin-iron, produced by Aerobacter aerogenes 62-1) revealed that B. megaterium SK11 (a mutant which cannot synthesize schizokinen) has a specific transport system for utilization of ferric hydroxamates with a recognition capacity based on the chemical structure of the hydroxamate. Both Desferal and schizokinen enhanced iron uptake in this organism; however, Desferal-iron delivered only one-sixth the level of iron incorporated from the schizokinen-iron chelate. Desferal-iron did not generate the rapid rates of iron transport noted with schizokinen-iron at elevated iron concentrations. Assays containing large excesses of either iron-free Desferal or iron-free schizokinen suggested that the iron-free hydroxamate may compete with the ferric hydroxamate for acceptance by the transport system although the system has greater affinity for the iron chelate. Aerobactin-iron did not stimulate iron uptake in B. megaterium SK11 and aerobactin inhibited growth of this organism, indicating that B. megaterium SK11 cannot efficiently process the aerobactin-iron chelate.

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