A new pentaamine was extracted from an extreme thermophile, Thermus thermophilus 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.
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