The molecule is a hydroxamic acid anion resulting from the removal of a proton from each of the hydroxamic acid groups of desferrioxamine B It has a role as a siderophore. It is a conjugate base of a desferrioxamine B.
N-[5-[[4-[5-[acetyl(oxido)amino]pentylamino]-4-oxobutanoyl]-oxidoamino]pentyl]-N'-(5-aminopentyl)-N'-oxidobutanediamide