title: The biochemical and physiological characteristics of surface receptors of gram negative bacteria.
abstract: This review focuses on the properties of ferric iron surface receptors of Gram negative bacteria. We discuss the different strategies to acquire iron, and the fundamental role of these receptors in pathogenicity. The structure of some of these receptors, iron transport and regulation mechanisms are presented here.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Biochimie et Biophysique Moléculaire et Cellulaire, UMR CNRS 8619, Université Paris Sud, Bat 430, 91405 Orsay, Cedex, France. lucienne.letellier@biomemb.u-psud.fr
authors.forename: Lucienne
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Letellier
authors.forename: Mónica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Santamaria
mesh_terms: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D001692:Biological Transport; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000737:chemistry*; D007501:Iron / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D033862:Iron-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D015202:Protein Engineering; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D033862:Iron-Binding Proteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; C035902:siderophore receptors; D007501:Iron