putrescine metabolic process
id: GO:0009445
name: putrescine metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The chemical reactions and pathways involving putrescine, 1,4-diaminobutane; putrescine can be formed by decarboxylation of ornithine and is the metabolic precursor of spermidine and spermine.
Child Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0009446 | putrescine biosynthetic process |
| GO:0009447 | putrescine catabolic process |
| GO:0032920 | putrescine acetylation |
Parent Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0006595 | polyamine metabolic process |
