Specificity of mammalian spermidine synthase and spermine synthase
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Specificity of mammalian spermidine synthase and spermine synthase.
1. The specificity of rat prostatic spermidine synthase and spermine synthase with respect to the amine acceptor of the propylamine group was studied. 2. Spermidine synthase could use cadaverine (1,5-diaminopentane) instead of putrescine, but the Km for cadaverine was much greater and the rate with 1mM-cadaverine was only 10% of that with putrescine. 1,3-Diaminopropane was even less active (2% ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biochemical Journal
سال: 1981
ISSN: 0264-6021
DOI: 10.1042/bj1970315