Structure Elucidation of New Iron Chelators and Metabolites of Microbial Origin

In cooperation with the Department of Microbiology, several new microbial iron chelators (siderophores) were isolated, purified and their structures were determined. Different metal complexes of the carboxylate siderophore rhizoferrin were prepared and analyzed. Receptor-binding and transportation properties in enterobacteriaceae and zygomycetes were studied using biosynthetic derivatives and 3 H-labeled rhizoferrin. 3D structures of gallium complexes were calculated on the basis of NMR-derived conformational constraints.

Publications:

1. S. Konetschny-Rapp, G. Jung, J. Meiwes, and H. Zähner (1990).
Staphyloferrin A: A Structurally New Siderophore from Staphylococci, Eur. J. Biochem. 191, 65-74.

2. S. Konetschny-Rapp, G. Jung, K. N. Raymond, J. Meiwes, and H. Zähner (1992).
Solution Thermodynamics of the Ferric Complexes of New Desferrioxamine Siderophores Obtained by Directed Fermentation, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 114, 529-534.

3. H.Drechsel, G.Jung, and G.Winkelmann (1992).
Stereochemical Characterization of Rhizoferrin and Identification of its Dehydration Products, Biometals 5, 141-148.

4. H.Stephan, S.Freund, J.-M.Meyer, G.Winkelmann, and G.Jung (1993).
Structure Elucidation of the Gallium-Ornibactin Complex by 2D-NMR Spectroscopy, Liebigs Ann. Chem. 1993, 43-48.

5. H. Stephan, S. Freund, W. Beck, G. Jung, J.-M. Meyer, and G. Winkelmann (1993).
Ornibactins - a New Family of Siderophores from Pseudomonas, Biometals 6, 93-100.

6. H. Drechsel, S. Freund, G. Nicholson, H. Haag, O. Jung, H. Zähner, and G. Jung (1993).
Purification and Chemical Characterization of Staphyloferrin B, a Hydrophilic Siderophore from Staphylococci, BioMetals 6, 185-192.

7. G. Winkelmann, A. Cansier, W. Beck, and G. Jung (1994).
HPLC Separation of Enterobactin and Linear 2,3-Dihydroxybenzylserine Derivatives: A Study on Mutants of Escherichia coli Defective in Regulation (fur), Esterase (fes) and Transport (fep A), BioMetals 7, 149-154.

8. H. Drechsel, M. Tschierske, A. Thieken, G. Jung, H. Zähner, and G. Winkel- mann (1995).
The Carboxylate Type Siderophore Rizoferrin and its Analogs Produced by Directed Fermentation, J. Industrial Microbiol. 14, 105-112.

9. H. Drechsel, H. Stephan, R. Lotz, H. Haag, H. Zähner, K. Hantke, and G. Jung (1995).
Structure Elucidation of Yersiniabactin, a Siderophore from Highly Virulent Yersinia Strains, Liebigs Ann. Chem. 1995, 1727-1733.

10. M. Jakobi, G. Winkelmann, D. Kaiser, C. Kempter, G. Jung, G. Berg, and H. Bahl (1996)
Maltophilin: a New Antifungal Compound Produced by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia R3089 J. Antibiot. 49, 1101-1104.

11. C. Carrano, H. Drechsel, D. Kaiser, G. Jung, B. Matzanke, G. Winkelmann, N. Rochel, and A.M. Albrecht-Gary (1996)
Coordination Chemistry of the Carboxylate Type Siderophore Rhizoferrin: The Iron(III) Complex and Its MEtal Analogs, Inorg. Chem. 35, 6429-6436.

12. M. Tschierske, H. Drechsel, G. Jung, and H. Zaehner (1996)
Production of Rhizoferrin and New Analogs Obtained by Directed Fermentation, Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 45, 664-670.

13. H. Stephan, C. Kempter, J.W. MEtzger, G. Jung, O. Potterat, C. Pfefferle, and H.P. Fiedler (1996)
Kanchanamycins, New Polyol Macrolide Antibiotics Produced by Streptomyces olivaceus Tü 4018, II. Structure Elucidation, J. Antibiot. 49, 765-769.

14. C. Kempter, D. Kaiser, S. Haag, G. Nicholson, V. Gnau, T. Walk, K.-H. Gierling, H. Decker, H. Zaehner, G. Jung, and J.W. Metzger (1997)
CDA: A Calcium-Dependent Peptide Antibiotic from Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) Containing Unusual Residues, Angew. Chem. 109, 510-513; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 36, 498-501.

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