Iron metabolism

Parent categories	2. Metabolism 2.6. Additional metabolic pathways
Neighbouring categories	2.6.1. Biosynthesis of cell wall components 2.6.2. Biosynthesis of cofactors 2.6.3. Phosphate metabolism 2.6.4. Sulfur metabolism 2.6.5. Iron metabolism 2.6.6. Miscellaneous metabolic pathways
Related categories	none
Overview on the categories (Excel file) All genes and their categories (Excel file)

Genes in this functional category

Acquisition of iron

• besA
• btr
• cypX
• dhbA
• dhbB
• dhbC
• dhbE
• dhbF
• dps
• fbpA
• fbpB
• fbpC
• feuA
• feuB
• feuC
• fhuB
• fhuC
• fhuD
• fhuG
• fur
• mrgA
• ybbA
• yclN
• yclO
• yclP
• yclQ
• yfhA
• yfiY
• yfiZ
• yfmC
• yfmD
• yfmE
• yfmF
• yhfQ
• ymfD
• yusV
• yvmC
• ywbL
• ywbM
• ywbN
• yxeB

Acquisition of iron/ based on similarity

• ytoA
• yvrA
• yvrB
• yvrC

Biosynthesis of iron-sulfur clusters

• sufA
• sufB
• sufC
• sufD
• sufS
• sufU
• ydhG

Key reviews

Béatrice Py, Frédéric Barras
Building Fe-S proteins: bacterial strategies.
Nat Rev Microbiol: 2010, 8(6);436-46
[PubMed:20467446] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

M Fontecave, S Ollagnier de Choudens, B Py, F Barras
Mechanisms of iron-sulfur cluster assembly: the SUF machinery.
J Biol Inorg Chem: 2005, 10(7);713-21
[PubMed:16211402] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Patricia J Kiley, Helmut Beinert
The role of Fe-S proteins in sensing and regulation in bacteria.
Curr Opin Microbiol: 2003, 6(2);181-5
[PubMed:12732309] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)