Iron uptake in Mycelia sterilia EP-76

The cyclic trihydroxamic acid, N,N',N''-triacetylfusarinine C, produced by Mycelia sterilia EP-76, was shown to be a ferric ionophore for this organism. The logarithm of the association constant k for the ferric triacetylfusarinine C chelate was determined to be 31.8. Other iron-chelating agents, such as rhodotorulic acid, citric acid, and the monomeric subunit of triacetylfusarinine C, N-acetylfusarinine, delivered iron to the cells by an indirect mechanism involving iron exchange into triacetylfusarinine C. In vitro ferric ion exchange was found to be rapid with triacetylfusarinine C. Gallium uptake rates comparable to those of iron were observed with the chelating agents that transport iron into the cell. Ferrichrome, but not ferrichrome A, was also capable of delivering iron and gallium to this organism, but not by an exchange mechanism. Unlike triacetylfusarinine C, the 14C-ligand of ferrichrome was retained by the cell. A midpoint potential of -690 mV with respect to the saturated silver chloride electrode was obtained for the ferric triacetylfusarinine C complex, indicating that an unfavorable reduction potential was not the reason for the use of a hydrolytic mechanism of intracellular iron release from the ferric triacetylfusarinine C chelate.

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