Siderophore Holding Iron (IMAGE)

Washington University in St. Louis

Siderophore Holding Iron

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A siderophore called fluvibactin made by the bacterium Vibrio cholera (blue structure) that has bound an iron atom (pink sphere).

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generated using PDB file 4K19 (Allred, B. E.; Correnti, C.; Clifton, M. C.; Strong, R. K.; Raymond, K. N. ACS Chemical Biology 2013, 8, 1882-1887).

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