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Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Transferases > Alkyl and Aryl Transferases > Spermidine Synthase

Preferred term

Spermidine Synthase  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Aminopropyltransferase
  • Aminopropyltransferase, Putrescine
  • Propylamine Transferase
  • Putrescine Aminopropyltransferase
  • Spermidine Synthetase
  • Synthetase, Spermidine
  • Transferase, Propylamine

Note

  • do not confuse with SPERMINE SYNTHASE

Scope note

  • An enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of the propylamine moiety from 5'-deoxy-5'-S-(3-methylthiopropylamine)sulfonium adenosine to putrescine in the biosynthesis of spermidine. The enzyme has a molecular weight of approximately 73,000 kDa and is composed of two subunits of equal size.

History note

  • 97; was PROPYLAMINE TRANSFERASE 1975-96 (see under TRANSFERASES 1975-90); SPERMIDINE SYNTHASE was see PROPYLAMINE TRANSFERASE 1975-96

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011436

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