Overview
- Presents the state-of-the-art research in the field of iron transport systems in bacteria
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science (BRIEFSMOLECULAR)
Part of the book sub series: SpringerBriefs in Biometals (SB BIOMETALS)
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Table of contents (3 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
Iron is essential for the growth of most bacteria because it serves as a cofactor for vital enzymes and for the components of the electron transport chain. Moreover, Iron plays an important role in bacterial pathogenicity; in fact, the iron transport systems in bacteria works as target for designing novel antibiotics. Because iron is not soluble under aerobic conditions, bacteria have had to find ways to overcome iron deficiency. One of them is producing an iron-chelating small organic molecule called siderophore. Indeed, most bacteria and fungi produce structurally and chemically diverse siderophores which are transported back to the cytoplasm using complex energy dependent transport systems. Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas were the first ones to be tested; however, nowadays iron transport systems have been investigated in many other bacteria.
Iron Uptake in Bacteria with Emphasis on E. coli and Pseudomonas reviews the recent advancements in the field of iron transport systems in bacteria. Chapter 1 is dedicated to Dr. Dick van der Helm’s contribution to the field of siderophore biology. It then describes and discusses the structural advances in the components and the mechanism of siderophore mediated iron transport systems in E.coli. Chapter 2 details the variety of iron transport and iron regulatory systems of both gram negative and gram positive bacteria. Finally, chapter 3 describes the iron transport systems of Pseudomonas.
This book is aimed at researchers in the fields of iron metabolism in multiple organisms, and to those who are interested in studying iron transport systems of bacteria. It appeals also to scientists researching structure and function relationship of proteins.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Iron Uptake in Bacteria with Emphasis on E. coli and Pseudomonas
Editors: Ranjan Chakraborty, Volkmar Braun, Klaus Hantke, Pierre Cornelis
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6088-2
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-6087-5Published: 03 February 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-6088-2Published: 02 February 2013
Series ISSN: 2191-5407
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5415
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 89
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 14 illustrations in colour
Topics: Applied Microbiology, Biochemistry, general, Molecular Medicine