Metal chelate transport

In the rhizosphere, microorganisms utilize either organic acids or phytosiderophores to transport iron or produce their own low-molecular-weight metal chelators, called siderophores. There are a wide variety of siderophores in nature and some of them have now been identified and chemically purified (54). Pre.sently, three general mechanisms are recognized for utilization of these compounds by microorganisms. These include a shuttle mechanism in which chelators deliver iron to a reductase on the cell surface, direct uptake of metallated siderophores with destructive hydrolysis of the chelator inside the cell, and direct uptake followed by reductive removal of iron and resecretion of the chelator (for reviews, see Refs. 29 and 54). 

Depending on the ability of specific transport systems to utilize the predominant metal chelates present in the soil solution, competition may occur between plants and microorganisms and between different types of microorganisms for available iron. This has been particularly well studied for Pseudomonas sp., which produce highly unique iron chelators that are utilized in a strain specific manner but which also retain the ability to use more generic siderophores pro-... 

The Fur protein from E. coli was isolated in one step due to its high affinity for metal-chelate columns loaded with zinc. In DNase footprinting experiments, the Fur protein was shown to bind DNA in the promoter region of several iron-regulated genes. The consensus sequence, called the Fur box, is GATAATGATAATCATT ATC. In vitro binding is dependent on the divalent cations Co2+ Mn2+ /s Cd2+ Cu2+ at 150 iM, while Fe2+ seemed to be less active at this concentration, probably due to oxidation to Fe3+ (De Lorenzo et al., 1987). The unspecificity for divalent metals observed in vitro shows that the cells have to select the ions transported carefully and have to balance their active concentrations. In addition, it is a caveat for the experimenter to test a hypothesis on metal-ion specificity not only in vitro, but also in vivo. 

The broad PL emission spectra of some metal chelates match the requirements for white emission. Hamada et al. investigated a series of Zn complexes and found bis(2-(2-hydroxy-phenyl)benzothiazolate)zinc (Zb(BTZ)2, 246) is the best white emission candidate. An OLED with a structure of ITO/TPD/Zn(BTZ)2/OXD-7/Mg In showed greenish-white emission with CIE (0.246, 0.363) with a broad emission spectrum (FWHM 157 nm) consisting of two emission peaks centered at 486 and 524 nm (Figure 3.14) [277], A maximum luminance of 10,190 cd/m2 at 8 V was achieved. The electronic and molecular structure of Zn(BTZ)2 have been elucidated by Liu et al. [278]. There is evidence that the dimeric structure [Zn(BTZ)2]2 in the solid state is more stable than its monomer Zn(BTZ)2. They also found that the electron transport property of Zn(BTZ)2 is better than that of Alq3. 

B.J. Chen, X.W. Sun, and Y.K. Li, Influences of central metal ions on the electroluminescence and transport properties of tris-8-hydroxyquinoline metal chelates, Appl. Phys. Lett., 82 3017-JO 19 (2003). 

Paramagnetic metal chelating agent in NMRI Transport across the blood brain barrier... 

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