Mycobactin
Topic: Chemistry
From Handwiki - Reading time: 1 minShort description: Siderophore used by members of the genus Mycobacterium
Mycobactin is a siderophore used by members of the genus Mycobacterium to shuttle free extracellular iron ions into the cytoplasm of mycobacterial cells.[1] The pathogen M. tuberculosis can synthesize its own mycobactin for this purpose, however there are other mycobacteria such as M. avium subspecies paratuberculosis that cannot produce this siderophore and thus it must be supplied to cultivate this organism in the lab or in host organism.[2][3]
References
- ↑ McMahon, M. D.; Rush, J. S.; Thomas, M. G. (2012). "Analyses of MbtB, MbtE, and MbtF Suggest Revisions to the Mycobactin Biosynthesis Pathway in Mycobacterium tuberculosis". Journal of Bacteriology 194 (11): 2809–18. doi:10.1128/JB.00088-12. PMID 22447909.
- ↑ Adúriz, J.J.; Juste, R.A.; Cortabarria, N. (1995). "Lack of mycobactin dependence of mycobacteria isolated on Middlebrook 7H11 from clinical cases of ovine paratuberculosis". Veterinary Microbiology 45 (2–3): 211–7. doi:10.1016/0378-1135(95)00037-B. PMID 7571372.
- ↑ Dane, Hannah; Stewart, Linda D; Grant, Irene R (2022-12-13). "Culture ofMycobacterium aviumsubsp.paratuberculosis: challenges, limitations and future prospects". Journal of Applied Microbiology 134 (1). doi:10.1093/jambio/lxac017. ISSN 1365-2672. https://doi.org/10.1093/jambio/lxac017.
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