2004
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2004.tb03528.x
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Identification and Characterization of Two Contiguous Operons Required for Aerobactin Transport and Biosynthesis in Vibrio mimicus

Abstract: Iron is essential for bacterial growth but is of limited availability in animal tissues. Therefore, bacteria have evolved several strategies for iron uptake, most of which have been explained in molecular terms (15). The socalled aerobactin operon (24) encodes IucABCD, four enzymes for biosynthesis of the hydroxamate-type siderophore aerobactin and IutA, the outer membrane receptor specific to ferric aerobactin. This operon is present not only on plasmids including pColV-K30 (41), F1me (7), and a 180-kb plasmi… Show more

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“…ato1 encodes a putative acyltransferase with homology to an acyltransferase from A. oryzae (Accession No. BAC78653) and to N 6 ‐hydroxylysine acetyltransferases from bacteria producing the hydroxamate siderophore aerobactin [35]. Moreover, ato1 is placed between fso1 and omo1 , strongly suggesting a direct involvement in ferrichrome A synthesis.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…ato1 encodes a putative acyltransferase with homology to an acyltransferase from A. oryzae (Accession No. BAC78653) and to N 6 ‐hydroxylysine acetyltransferases from bacteria producing the hydroxamate siderophore aerobactin [35]. Moreover, ato1 is placed between fso1 and omo1 , strongly suggesting a direct involvement in ferrichrome A synthesis.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…Aerobactin, a hydroxamate siderophore found in many enteric bacteria, including E. coli, Shigella, and Salmonella, is also produced by some Vibrio species. Vibrio mimicus (77), Vibrio hollisae (78), and a planktonic marine Vibrio sp. (79) all produce this siderophore.…”
Section: Transport Of Iron Complexesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It is, therefore, worth noting that, in contrast to V. parahaemolyticus, other Vibrio species such as V. mimicus, 32) V. hollisae 33) and V. vulnificus, 34) all of which are capable of utilizing aerobactin, possess respective own ABC transporter genes specific to ferric aerobactin in proximity to their receptor genes. This at least suggests that the ferric aerobactin receptor gene in V. parahaemolyticus might be acquired independently of its transporter genes by horizontal gene transfer.…”
Section: )mentioning
confidence: 99%