Siderophores are specialized molecules with different chemical structures, produced by bacteria and fungi to scavenge iron from the environment, a crucial nutrient for their growth and metabolism. These iron-chelating compounds enable bacteria to overcome iron limitation, a key factor in microbial s...
This project tested if siderophores are publig goods in Pseudomonas, and involved resequencing a well used siderophore mutant made by non-specific mutagenesis techniques
Lipocalin 24p3 (24p3) is a neutrophil secondary granule protein. 24p3 is also a siderocalin, which binds several bacterial siderophores. It was therefore proposed that synthesis and secretion of 24p3 by stimulated macrophages or release of 24p3 upon neutrophil degranulation sequesters iron-laden sid...
Actinomycete genomes contain a plethora of orphan gene clusters encoding unknown secondary metabolites, and representing a huge unexploited pool of chemical diversity. The explosive increase in genome sequencing and the massive advance of bioinformatic tools have revolutionized the rationale for nat...
