Chemistry:Rhizoferrin

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Rhizoferrin
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Names
Preferred IUPAC name
(2R)-2-[2-({4-[(3S)-3,4-Dicarboxy-3-hydroxybutanamido]butyl}amino)-2-oxoethyl]-2-hydroxybutanedioic acid
Identifiers
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Properties
C16H24N2O12
Molar mass 436.370 g·mol−1
Appearance white solid
Related compounds
Related compounds
Staphyloferrin A
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Rhizoferrin is an organic compound with the formula (CH2CH2NHCOCH2C(OH)(CO2H)CH2CO2H)2. It is multifunctional molecule with two secondary alcohols, four carboxylic acid groups, and two amide groups. In aqueous solution, it is highly ionized, but the term rhizoferrin is still applied to these species.

The compound is a siderophore, which means that is it serves to transport iron from outside the cell into a host organism.[1]

Rhizoferrin is derived from conjugating a pair of citric acid molecules. The pair are connected via a diamide linkage between the putrescine (1,4-diaminobutane) and one of the two unhindered carboxylic acid groups of citric acid. The result is a C2-symmetric hexadentate ligand. A related siderophore is staphyloferrin A, where the two citric acid groups are linked by D-ornithine. The structure of rhizoferrin was established by total synthesis.[2]

Iron(III) is bound tightly to the four carboxylate anions and two tertiary alcohols. The result is a monoanionic octahedral complex.

Structure of the ferric derivative of rhizoferrin.[3]

References

  1. Pierre, J. L.; Gautier-Luneau, I. (2000). "Iron and Citric Acid: A Fuzzy Chemistry of Ubiquitous Biological Relevance". Biometals 13 (1): 91–96. doi:10.1023/A:1009225701332. PMID 10831230. 
  2. Bergeron, Raymond J.; Xin, Meiguo; Smith, Richard E.; Wollenweber, Markus; McManis, James S.; Ludin, Christian; Abboud, Khalil A. (1997). "Total synthesis of rhizoferrin, an iron chelator". Tetrahedron 53 (2): 427–434. doi:10.1016/S0040-4020(96)01061-7. 
  3. Carrano, Carl J.; Drechsel, Hartmut; Kaiser, Dietmar; Jung, Günther; Matzanke, Berthold; Winkelmann, Günther; Rochel, Natacha; Albrecht-Gary, Anne Marie (1996). "Coordination Chemistry of the Carboxylate Type Siderophore Rhizoferrin: The Iron(III) Complex and iItsMetal Analogs". Inorganic Chemistry 35 (22): 6429–6436. doi:10.1021/ic960526d. PMID 11666790.