Term Name:	siderophore
Synonyms:	ferrioxamine, ferrioxamines, ironophore, siderochrome, siderochromes, siderophore, siderophores
Definition:	Any of low-molecular-mass iron(III)-chelating compounds produced by microorganisms for the purpose of the transport and sequestration of iron.
Ontology:	ChEBI [CHEBI:26672] ( EBI )

Relationships

is a type of:	cofactor iron ionophore iron(3+) chelator
has subtype:	sideramine
inverse has_role:	achromobactin achromobactin free acid aerobactin bisucaberin B carboxymycobactin cefiderocol chrysobactin coelichelin coelichelin(3-) deferrichrome desferrialbomycins desferricoprogen desferricoprogen B desferricoprogen B(3-) desferricoprogen(3-) desferriexochelin 772MS desferrimycobactin T desferrioxamine B desferrioxamine B(3-) desferrioxamine E desferrioxamine E(3-) enterobactin enterobactin(1-) enterobactin(6-) IC202A IC202C myxochelin B N-(2,3-dihydroxybenzoyl)serine petrobactin(1+) pseudomonine pyochelin pyoverdine quinolobactin rhizobactin 1021 rhodotorulic acid schizokinen staphyloferrin A staphyloferrin B vanchrobactin vibriobactin vibrioferrin vibrioferrin(3-) yersiniabactin