Erratum to: J Biol Inorg Chem (2012) 17:113–122 DOI 10.1007/s00775-011-0835-2

The authors would like to publish an erratum to include the additional text in the acknowledgments section.

The complete acknowledgments section should read as:

We thank C. Kakoschke and B. Jaschok-Kentner (Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig) for recording the 1D 13C spectra, Nils Schloerer (NMR Center of the Department of Chemistry, University of Cologne) for recording the 2D 1H/13C spectra, S. Sollazzo (Department of Chemistry, University of Cologne) for recording cPMP stability kinetics, and W. Pfleiderer (University of Constance) and B. Fischer (University of Nagoya) for helpful discussions. We thank the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) (J.A.S.A., G.S.) and the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie (G.S.) for funding.