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Structural insights into a novel family of integral membrane siderophore reductases

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Abstract

Gram-negative bacteria take up the essential ion Fe³⁺ as ferric-siderophore complexes through their outer membrane using TonB-dependent transporters. However, the subsequent route through the inner membrane differs across many bacterial species and siderophore chemistries and is not understood in detail. Here, we report the crystal structure of the inner membrane protein FoxB (from Pseudomonas aeruginosa) that is involved in Fe-siderophore uptake. The structure revealed a fold with two tightly bound heme molecules. In combination with in vitro reduction assays and in vivo iron uptake studies, these results establish FoxB as an inner membrane reductase involved in the release of iron from ferrioxamine during Fe-siderophore uptake

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Author(s): Josts I, Veith K, Normant V, Schalk IJ, Tidow H

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Year: 2021

Volume: 118

Issue: 34

Print publication date: 20/08/2021

Online publication date: 20/08/2021

Acceptance date: 13/07/2021

ISSN (print): 0027-8424

ISSN (electronic): 1091-6490

Publisher: National Academy of Sciences

URL: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2101952118

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2101952118

PubMed id: 34417315

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