spermine transmembrane transporter activity
id: GO:0000297
name: spermine transmembrane transporter activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: Catalysis of the transfer of spermine from one side of the membrane to the other. Spermine is a polybasic amine found in human sperm, in ribosomes and in some viruses, which is involved in nucleic acid packaging. Synthesis is regulated by ornithine decarboxylase which plays a key role in control of DNA replication.
Parent Functions
id | name |
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GO:0015203 | polyamine transmembrane transporter activity |