Multiple choice

Which of the following is an example of a hydroxamate produced by fungi?

  1. Enterobactin

  2. Siderophores

  3. Ferrichrome

  4. Octahedral complex

  5. Phosphoenolpyruvate

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Explanation

It is a cyclic hexapeptide composed of three glycine and three modified ornithine residues that bind Fe (ІІІ) with hydroxamate groups. It has been produced by fungi of the genera Aspergillus, Ustilago, and Penicillium.