spermine metabolic process
id: GO:0008215
name: spermine metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The chemical reactions and pathways involving spermine, 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.
Child Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0006597 | spermine biosynthetic process |
| GO:0019548 | arginine catabolic process to spermine |
| GO:0032919 | spermine acetylation |
| GO:0046208 | spermine catabolic process |
Parent Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0006595 | polyamine metabolic process |
