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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 19.
Published in final edited form as: Metallomics. 2017 Jul 19;9(7):840–851. doi: 10.1039/c7mt00112f

Table 1.

Fe2+ efflux transporters in bacteria.

Protein Organism Function Category Substrate
specificity*
Transcription regulation References
PfeT Bacillus subtilis Fe2+ efflux P1B4-type ATPase Fe2+ a, b, Co2+ a PerR & Fur 36
FrvA Listeria monocytogenes Fe2+ efflux P1B4-type ATPase Fe2+ a, b, Co2+ a, Zn2+ a PerR & Fur 27
CtpD Mycobacterium tuberculosis Fe2+ efflux P1B4-type ATPase Fe2+ a, b, Co2+ a Unknown 37
PmtA group A Streptococcus Fe2+ efflux P1B4-type ATPase Fe2+ b PerR 38, 39
Nia Sinorhizobium meliloti Fe2+ or Ni2+ efflux P1B5-type ATPase Fe2+ a, b, Ni2+ a, b Unknown 73
FieF (YiiP) Escherichia coli Fe2+ or Zn2+ efflux CDF family Fe2+ b, Zn2+ a, Cd2+ a Unknown 9294
AitP Pseudomonas aeruginosa Fe2+ or Co2+ efflux CDF family Fe2+ b Unknown 97
FeoE Shewanella oneidensis Fe2+ efflux CDF family Fe2+ b Unknown 101
IceT Salmonella typhimurium Fe2+ citrate or citrate efflux MFS family Fe2+ b BaeSR 120
MbfA Agrobacterium tumefaciens Fe2+ efflux Membrane bound ferritin Fe2+ b Irr 125
MbfA Bradyrhizobium japonicum Fe2+ efflux Membrane bound ferritin Fe2+ b Irr 127
*

Note: the substrate specificity of the transporters is either based on biochemical measurements (a), inferred from physiology studies (b), or both (a, b).