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EC 2.5.1.44 Details
EC number
2.5.1.44
Accepted name
homospermidine synthase
Reaction
(1) 2 putrescine = sym-homospermidine + NH3;;(2) spermidine + putrescine = sym-homospermidine + propane-1,3-diamine
Other name(s)
putrescine:putrescine 4-aminobutyltransferase (ammonia-forming)
Systematic name
putrescine/spermidine:putrescine 4-aminobutyltransferase
CAS registry number
76106-84-8
Comment
The reaction of this bacterial enzyme occurs in three steps, with some of the intermediates presumably remaining enzyme-bound: (a) NAD+-dependent dehydrogenation of either putrescine or spermidine, forming 4-iminobutan-1-amine or (E)-(4-aminobutylidene)(3-aminopropyl)amine, respectively, (b) attack by water forming 4-aminobutanal (and releasing ammonia or propane-1,3-diamine, respectively), and (c) condensation of 4-aminobutanal with putrescine, which forms homospermidine and restores NAD+. Differs from the eukaryotic enzyme EC 2.5.1.45, homospermidine synthase (spermidine-specific), which cannot use putrescine as donor of the aminobutyl group.
History
created 1999, modified 2001
EC Tree
2.5.1.12 created 1972, deleted 1976
2.5.1.13 created 1972, deleted 1976
2.5.1.14 created 1972, deleted 1976
2.5.1.37 created 1989, deleted 2004
2.5.1.40 created 1992, deleted 1999