Pyoverdine
Application Notes
Pyoverdine is a complex of polar yellow-green pigments first reported by Gessard, Pasteur Institute, France in 1892. The pigment class comprises >100 analogues produced by a large number of Pseudomonas strains, with Pyoverdine Group I produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA01. Structurally pyoverdine group I is an octapeptide bound to a 2,3-diamino-6,7-dihydroxyquinoline derived chromophore. The core structure is coupled to a Krebbs cycle acid (succinate, fumarate, malate etc.). Pyoverdine is a primary virulence factor of the human pathogenic bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa, acting as a siderophore and a virulence-related signal molecule. Pyoverdine plays an important role for the bacterial growth under iron-limited conditions.
References
- Gessard MC (1892). Sur la fonction fluorescigène des microbes. In: Annales de l’Institut Pasteur. (Institut Pasteur, Eds), pp. 801–823. Masson, Paris.
- The structure of pyoverdine Pa, the siderophore of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Wendenbaum S. et al. Tetrahedron Lett. 1983, 24, 4877.
- Molecular basis of pyoverdine siderophore recycling in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Imperi F. et al. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 2009, 106. 20440.
- Biosynthesis of novel pyoverdines by domain substitution in a nonribosomal peptide synthetase of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Appl. Env. Microbiol. 2014, 80, 5723.



