title: A widely distributed bacterial pathway for siderophore biosynthesis independent of nonribosomal peptide synthetases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Warwick University, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK. g.l.challis@warwick.ac.uk
authors.forename: Gregory L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Challis
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002951:Citrates / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D003676:Deferoxamine / Q000378:metabolism; D006877:Hydroxamic Acids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D007656:Ketoglutaric Acids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D008025:Ligases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010453:Peptide Synthases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011760:Pyrrolidinones / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D020539:Sequence Analysis, Protein; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D017262:Siderophores / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D002951:Citrates; D006877:Hydroxamic Acids; D007656:Ketoglutaric Acids; D011760:Pyrrolidinones; D017262:Siderophores; C413577:achromobactin; C092056:alcaligin; C090126:vibrioferrin; C031819:aerobactin; D008025:Ligases; D010453:Peptide Synthases; C104385:non-ribosomal peptide synthase; D003676:Deferoxamine