Homospermidine synthase

Homospermidine synthase (EC 2.5.1.44) is an enzyme with systematic name putrescine:putrescine 4-aminobutyltransferase (ammonia-forming).[1][2][3][4][5][6] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Homospermidine synthase
Identifiers
EC no.2.5.1.44
CAS no.76106-84-8
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(1) 2 putrescine sym-homospermidine + NH3 + H+
(2) putrescine + spermidine sym-homospermidine + propane-1,3-diamine

The reaction of this enzyme occurs in three steps.

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