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N,N'-bis(2,3-Dihydroxybenzoyl)-O-L-seryl-L-serine is a microbial metabolite and degradation product of the bacterial siderophore enterobactin that has been found in Streptomyces and has anticancer activity.1,2,3 It inhibits invasion of 26-L5 murine colon cancer cells in a Matrigel™ assay with an IC50 value of 2.7 µM.1
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1. Catechoserine, a new catecholate-
2. Enterochelin hydrolysis and iron metabolism in Escherichia coli. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 237(3), 537-549 (1971).
3. Bacteria in an intense competition for iron: Key component of the Campylobacter jejuni iron uptake system scavenges enterobactin hydrolysis product. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 113(21), 5850-5855 (2016).