A widely distributed bacterial pathway for siderophore biosynthesis independent of nonribosomal peptide synthetases.

Bacteria/genetics,metabolism Citrates/chemistry,metabolism Deferoxamine/metabolism Hydroxamic Acids/chemistry,metabolism Ketoglutaric Acids/chemistry,metabolism Ligases/chemistry,genetics,metabolism Molecular Structure Peptide Synthases/metabolism Pyrrolidinones/chemistry,metabolism Sequence Analysis, Protein Sequence Homology, Amino Acid Siderophores/biosynthesis

Citrates Hydroxamic Acids Ketoglutaric Acids Pyrrolidinones Siderophores achromobactin alcaligin vibrioferrin aerobactin Ligases Peptide Synthases non-ribosomal peptide synthase Deferoxamine