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EC 2.5.1.45 Details
EC number
2.5.1.45
Accepted name
homospermidine synthase (spermidine-specific)
Reaction
spermidine + putrescine = sym-homospermidine + propane-1,3-diamine
Systematic name
spermidine:putrescine 4-aminobutyltransferase (propane-1,3-diamine-forming)
Comment
A eukaryotic enzyme found in plants. The reaction occurs in three steps, with some of the intermediates presumably remaining enzyme-bound: (a) NAD+-dependent dehydrogenation of spermidine to 4-iminobutan-1-amine, (b) attack by water forming 4-aminobutanal (and releasing propane-1,3-diamine), and (c) condensation of 4-aminobutanal with purescine, which forms homospermidine and restores NAD+. This enzyme is more specific than EC 2.5.1.44, homospermidine synthase, which is found in bacteria, as it cannot use putrescine as donor of the 4-aminobutyl group. Forms part of the biosynthetic pathway of the poisonous pyrrolizidine alkaloids of the ragworts (Senecio).
History
created 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