Malleobactin Structure Elucidated

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 acid
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