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JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY
Volume 185, Issue 18, Pages 5648-5653Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.18.5648-5653.2003
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The Irp9 protein of Yersinia enterocolitica participates in the synthesis of salicylate, the precursor of the siderophore yersiniabactin. In Pseudomonas species, salicylate synthesis is mediated by two enzymes: isochorismate synthase and isochorismate pyruvate-lyase. Both enzymes are required for complementation of a Yersinia irp9 mutant. However, irp9 is not able to complement Escherichia coli entC for the production of enterobactin, which requires isochorismate as a precursor. These results suggest that Irp9 directly converts chorismate into salicylate.
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