Journal of Bacteriology, March 2001, p. 1830-1834, Vol. 183, No. 5
Section of Molecular Genetics and
Microbiology and Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology,
University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712-1095
Received 11 October 2000/Accepted 7 December 2000
Vibrio cholerae synthesizes the catechol siderophore
vibriobactin. In this report, we present the complete map of a
vibriobactin gene region containing two previously unreported
vibriobactin biosynthetic genes. vibD encodes a
phosphopantetheinyl transferase, and vibH encodes a novel
nonribosomal peptide synthase. Both VibD and VibH are required for
vibriobactin biosynthesis.
0021-9193/01/$04.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.5.1830-1834.2001
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VibD and VibH Are Required for Late Steps in
Vibriobactin Biosynthesis in Vibrio cholerae
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