How Many O-Donor Groups in Enterobactin Does It Take to Bind a Metal Cation?

Chemistry : a European Journal
Todor BaramovRoderich D Süssmuth

Abstract

The E. coli siderophore enterobactin, the strongest FeIII chelator known to date, forms hexacoordinate complexes with SiIV , GeIV , and TiIV . Synthetic protocols have been developed to prepare non-symmetric enterobactin analogues with varying denticities. Various benzoic acid residues were coupled to the macrocyclic lactone to afford a diverse library of ligands. These enterobactin analogues were bound to SiIV , GeIV , and TiIV , and the complexes were investigated through experimental and computational techniques. The binding behavior of the synthesized chelators enabled assessment of the contribution of each of the phenolic hydroxy groups in enterobactin to metal-ion complexation. It was found that at least four O-donors are needed for enterobactin derivatives to act as metal binders. Density functional theory calculations indicate that the strong binding behavior of enterobactin can be ascribed to a diminished translational entropy penalty, a common feature of the chelate effect, coupled with the structural arrangement of the three catechol moieties, which allows the triseryl base to be installed without distorting the preferred local metal-binding geometry of the catecholate ligands.

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