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Spermine synthase

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Spermine synthase
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EC no.2.5.1.22
CAS no.74812-43-4
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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.