The iron(III) coordinating properties of citrate and α-hydroxycarboxylate containing siderophores.
Biometals
; 2024 May 21.
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The iron(III) binding properties of citrate and rhizoferrin, a citrate containing siderophore, are compared. Citrate forms many oligonuclear complexes, whereas rhizoferrin forms a single mononuclear complex. The α-hydroxycarboxylate functional group, which is present in both citrate, and rhizoferrin, has a high affinity and selectivity for iron(III) under most biological conditions. The nature of the toxic form of iron found in the blood of patients suffering from many haemoglobinopathies and haemochromatosis is identified as a mixture of iron(III)citrate complexes. The significance of the presence of this iron pool to patients suffering from systemic iron overload is discussed. The wide utilisation of the α-hydroxycarboxylate functional group in siderophore structures is described, as is their photo-induced decarboxylation leading to the release of iron(II) ions. The importance of this facile dissociation to algal iron uptake is discussed.
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