A new naturally occurring polyamine containing a quaternary ammonium nitrogen.
A new polyamine, tetrakis(3-aminopropyl)ammonium, N+ (CH2CH2CH2NH2)4, was identified in cells of an extreme thermophile, Thermus thermophilus. This compound was chemically synthesized and its chemical properties were coincident with those of the amine isolated from the thermophile.
D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000032:analysis; D011073:Polyamines / Q000032:analysis*; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds / Q000032:analysis*; D013824:Thermus / Q000032:analysis
D011073:Polyamines; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds; C053493:tetrakis(3-aminopropyl)ammonium; D009584:Nitrogen