Iron uptake and transport by the carboxymycobactin-mycobactin siderophore machinery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is dependent on the iron-regulated protein HupB
1.Department of Animal Biology, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 500 046, India ;2.Department of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 500 046, India ;
Abstract:
BioMetals - Iron-starved Mycobacterium tuberculosis utilises the carboxymycobactin-mycobactin siderophore machinery to acquire iron. These two siderophores have high affinity for ferric iron and...