Ferricrocin - a siderophore involved in intra- and transcellular iron distribution in Aspergillus fumigatus. Export

@article{citeulike:4637347, abstract = {Iron is an essential metal for virtually all organisms. Iron acquisition is well characterized in various organisms whereas intracellular iron distribution is poorly understood. In contrast to bacteria, plants and animals, most fungi lack ferritin-mediated iron storage but possess an intracellular siderophore shown to be involved in iron storage. Here we demonstrate that deficiency in the intracellular siderophore ferricrocin causes iron starvation in conidia of Aspergillus fumigatus demonstrating that ferricrocin is also involved in intra- and transcellular iron distribution. Thus, ferricrocin represents the first intracellular iron transporter identified in any organism.}, author = {Wallner, Anja and Blatzer, Michael and Schrettl, Markus and Sarg, Bettina and Lindner, Herbert and Haas, Hubertus}, citeulike-article-id = {4637347}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00479-09}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19376908}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19376908}, day = {17}, doi = {10.1128/AEM.00479-09}, issn = {1098-5336}, journal = {Applied and environmental microbiology}, keywords = {aspergilus, ferricrocin, siderophores}, month = {April}, posted-at = {2009-05-26 22:08:51}, priority = {2}, title = {Ferricrocin - a siderophore involved in intra- and transcellular iron distribution in Aspergillus fumigatus.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00479-09}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4637347 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4637347 N2 - Iron is an essential metal for virtually all organisms. Iron acquisition is well characterized in various organisms whereas intracellular iron distribution is poorly understood. In contrast to bacteria, plants and animals, most fungi lack ferritin-mediated iron storage but possess an intracellular siderophore shown to be involved in iron storage. Here we demonstrate that deficiency in the intracellular siderophore ferricrocin causes iron starvation in conidia of Aspergillus fumigatus demonstrating that ferricrocin is also involved in intra- and transcellular iron distribution. Thus, ferricrocin represents the first intracellular iron transporter identified in any organism. JF - Applied and environmental microbiology SN - 1098-5336 TI - Ferricrocin - a siderophore involved in intra- and transcellular iron distribution in Aspergillus fumigatus. KW - aspergilus KW - ferricrocin KW - siderophores AU - Wallner, Anja AU - Blatzer, Michael AU - Schrettl, Markus AU - Sarg, Bettina AU - Lindner, Herbert AU - Haas, Hubertus PY - 2009/04/17/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00479-09 ER -