1983 Volume 93 Issue 5 Pages 1455-1456
A new pentaamine was extracted from an extreme thermophile, Thermus therinophilus strain HB8, and its chemical structure was determined to be 1, 16-diamino-4, 8, 12-triazahexadecane (see structure 1). A trivial name, homocaldopentamine, was proposed for the new naturally occurring polyamine.