The Structure of the Pyoverdin from Pseudomonas fluorescens 1.3. Structural and Biological Relationships of Pyoverdins from Different Strains*
Halka Georgias
a, Kambiz Taraz
a, Herbert Budzikiewicz
a, Valerie Geoffroy
band Jean-Marie Meyer
ba Institut für Organische Chemie der Universität zu Köln, Greinstr. 4, D-50939 Köln, Germany
b Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Ge´netique, Universite´ Louis Pasteur, UPRES-A n∞7010, 28 rue Goethe, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
Z. Naturforsch.54c,301Ð308 (1999); received February 26/March 12, 1999 Pseudomonas fluorescens, Pyoverdin, Iron Transport
The structure of the pyoverdin siderophore ofPseudomonas fluorescens1.3 was elucidated by spectroscopic methods and chemical degradation. It shows structural similarities with the pyoverdins of several other strains. Whether mutual recognition occurs was investigated by growth tests.