A team of scientists based in Germany have elucidated the structure and absolute configuration of malleobactin, which is the siderophore of the pathogenic Burkholderia mallei. Siderophores are strong iron-binding agents, and act as virulence factors for pathogenic bacteria.
The virulence factor malleobactin has been shown to contain an unprecedented nitro-bearing amino acidRead more
http://www.chemistryviews.org/details/ezine/4997511/Malleobactin_Structure_Elucidated.html
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