Term Name: | desferrioxamine B |
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Synonyms: | Deferoxamin, deferoxamina, deferoxamine, deferoxaminum, Deferrioxamine, deferrioxamine B, Desferrioxamine, desferrioxamine-B, DFO, DFOB, N'-{5-[acetyl(hydroxy)amino]pentyl}-N-(5-{4-[(5-aminopentyl)(hydroxy)amino]-4-oxobutanamido}pentyl)-N-hydroxybutanediamide, N(4)-{5-[acetyl(hydroxy)amino]pentyl}-N(1)-(5-{4-[(5-aminopentyl)(hydroxy)amino]-4-oxobutanamido}pentyl)-N(1)-hydroxybutanediamide |
Definition: | An acyclic desferrioxamine that is butanedioic acid in which one of the carboxy groups undergoes formal condensation with the primary amino group of N-(5-aminopentyl)-N-hydroxyacetamide and the second carboxy group undergoes formal condensation with the hydroxyamino group of N(1)-(5-aminopentyl)-N(1)-hydroxy-N(4)-[5-(hydroxyamino)pentyl]butanediamide. It is a siderophore native to Streptomyces pilosus biosynthesised by the DesABCD enzyme cluster as a high affinity Fe(III) chelator. |
Ontology: | ChEBI [CHEBI:4356] ( EBI ) |