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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 7.
Published in final edited form as: Structure. 2011 Dec 7;19(12):1796–1806. doi: 10.1016/j.str.2011.09.019

Table 1.

Apo and Ferric Siderophore Binding Affinities

Siderophore KD (nM) Siderophore type Species
apo(Ent) 0.5 ± 0.15 catechol Escherichia coli
Salmonella enterica
[FeIII(Ent)]3− 0.22 ± 0.06 catechol Escherichia coli
Salmonella enterica
[FeIII(PaB)]2− 42 ± 8 catechol/HPO Paracoccus
denitrificans
apo(BB) 30 ± 2 catechol Bacillus sp.
[FeIII(BB)]3− 14 ± 2.0 catechol Bacillus sp.
apo(MGE) 1.1 ± 0.15 catechol derivative Salmonella enterica
[FeIII(MGE)]3− 0.07 ± 0.02 catechol derivative Salmonella enterica
[FeIII(DGE)]3− >600 catechol derivative Salmonella enterica
[FeIII(Pyochelin)2]1− >600 HPT Pseudomonas
aeruginosa
[FeIII(Pyoverdine)]1− >600 catechol derivative Pseudomonas
aeruginosa
[FeIII(Rhizoferrin)] >600 citrate fungal
[FeIII(DesferrioxamineB)] >600 hydroxamate Streptomyces pilosus
[FeIII2(Alcaligin)3] >600 hydroxamate Bordetella pertussis
[FeIII(Petrobactin)]2− >600 citrate/catechol Bacillus anthracis
Bacillus cereus
[FeIII(Aerobactin)] >600 citrate/hydroxamate Escherichia coli
[FeIII(ExochelinMS)] >600 hydroxamate Mycobacteria
smegmatis
[FeIII(Coprogen)] >600 hydroxamate Neurospora crassa

The detection threshold for this assay corresponds to a KD ≤ 600 nM