"Spermine Synthase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of the propylamine moiety from 5'-deoxy-5'-S-(3-methylthiopropylamine)sulfonium adenosine to spermidine in the biosynthesis of spermine. It has an acidic isoelectric point at pH 5.0. EC 2.5.1.22.
| Descriptor ID |
D013097
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.913.225.912
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| Concept/Terms |
Spermine Synthase- Spermine Synthase
- Synthase, Spermine
- Spermine Synthetase
- Synthetase, Spermine
- Spermidine Aminopropyltransferase
- Aminopropyltransferase, Spermidine
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| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Spermine Synthase" by people in Profiles.
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Reduction of spermine synthase enhances autophagy to suppress Tau accumulation. Cell Death Dis. 2024 May 13; 15(5):333.
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Difluoromethylornithine rebalances aberrant polyamine ratios in Snyder-Robinson syndrome. EMBO Mol Med. 2023 11 08; 15(11):e17833.
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Spermine synthase deficiency causes lysosomal dysfunction and oxidative stress in models of Snyder-Robinson syndrome. Nat Commun. 2017 11 02; 8(1):1257.