Open AccessThermopentamine, a novel linear pentaamine found in Thermus thermophilus
Author(s) -
Hamana Koei,
Niitsu Masaru,
Samejima Keijiro,
Matsuzaki Shigeru
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1990.tb04116.x
Subject(s) - thermus thermophilus , thermus , computational biology , biology , chemistry , genetics , thermophile , bacteria , gene , escherichia coli
An unknown highly basic polyamine peak was observed in Thermus thermophilus and it was identified to be a pentaamine [NH 2 (CH 2 ) 3 NH (CH 2 ) 3 NH(CH 2 ) 4 NH(CH 2 )NH 2 ] by gas chromotography‐mass spectrometry and named as thermopentamine. The new pentaamine coexisted with another isomer, homocaldopentamine, at a molar ratio of 1:1, as a major polyamine of the organism. This is the first report to show the occurrence of thermopentamine in nature.