Iron-Utilization System in Vibrio vulnificus M2799

Autor: Katsushiro Miyamoto, Hiroaki Kawano, Naoko Okai, Takeshi Hiromoto, Nao Miyano, Koji Tomoo, Takahiro Tsuchiya, Jun Komano, Tomotaka Tanabe, Tatsuya Funahashi, Hiroshi Tsujibo
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Marine Drugs, Vol 19, Iss 12, p 710 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 19120710
1660-3397
DOI: 10.3390/md19120710
Popis: Vibrio vulnificus is a Gram-negative pathogenic bacterium that causes serious infections in humans and requires iron for growth. A clinical isolate, V. vulnificus M2799, secretes a catecholate siderophore, vulnibactin, that captures ferric ions from the environment. In the ferric-utilization system in V. vulnificus M2799, an isochorismate synthase (ICS) and an outer membrane receptor, VuuA, are required under low-iron conditions, but alternative proteins FatB and VuuB can function as a periplasmic-binding protein and a ferric-chelate reductase, respectively. The vulnibactin-export system is assembled from TolCV1 and several RND proteins, including VV1_1681. In heme acquisition, HupA and HvtA serve as specific outer membrane receptors and HupB is a sole periplasmic-binding protein, unlike FatB in the ferric-vulnibactin utilization system. We propose that ferric-siderophore periplasmic-binding proteins and ferric-chelate reductases are potential targets for drug discovery in infectious diseases.
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