Article
Exochelin genes in Mycobacterium smegmatis: identification of an ABC transporter and two non-ribosomal peptide synthetase genes.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Jul 1998
Zhu W, Arceneaux J E, Beggs M L, Byers B R, Eisenach K D, Lundrigan M D
Abstract excerpt
Many strains of mycobacteria produce two ferric chelating substances that are termed exochelin (an excreted product) and mycobactin (a cell-associated product). These agents may function as iron acquisition siderophores. To examine the genetics of the iron acquisition system in mycobacteria, ultr...
Topics
- ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Bacterial Proteins
- Base Sequence
- Chromosome Mapping
- Cloning, Molecular
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Multigene Family
- Mutation
- Mycobacterium smegmatis
- Peptide Synthases
- Peptides, Cyclic
- Ribosomes
- Siderophores