Spermine synthase

Spermine synthase
Identifiers
EC number 2.5.1.22
CAS number 74812-43-4
Databases
IntEnz IntEnz view
BRENDA BRENDA entry
ExPASy NiceZyme view
KEGG KEGG entry
MetaCyc metabolic pathway
PRIAM profile
PDB structures RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

Spermine synthase (EC 2.5.1.22, spermidine aminopropyltransferase, spermine synthetase) is an enzyme that converts spermidine into spermine.[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

S-adenosylmethioninamine + spermidine S-methyl-5'-thioadenosine + spermine

References

  1. Hibasami H, Borchardt RT, Chen SY, Coward JK, Pegg AE (May 1980). "Studies of inhibition of rat spermidine synthase and spermine synthase". The Biochemical Journal. 187 (2): 419–28. PMC 1161808. PMID 7396856.
  2. Pajula RL, Raina A, Eloranta T (November 1979). "Polyamine synthesis in mammalian tissues. Isolation and characterization of spermine synthase from bovine brain". European Journal of Biochemistry. 101 (2): 619–26. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1979.tb19756.x. PMID 520313.
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