Polyamines in eukaryotes, bacteria, and archaea

AJ Michael - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2016 - jbc.org
Polyamines are primordial polycations found in most cells and perform different functions in
different organisms. Although polyamines are mainly known for their essential roles in cell …

[PDF][PDF] Polyamines and stress tolerance of plants

VV Kuznetsov, NI Shevyakova - Plant stress, 2007 - academia.edu
Polyamines are universal organic polycations implicated in a wide array of fundamental
processes in plants ranging from triggering the cell cycle, genome expression, signaling …

Polyamine research in plants–a changing perspective

RK Kakkar, VK Sawhney - Physiologia Plantarum, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Our understanding of the precise role (s) of polyamines (PAs) in various plant
developmental and morphogenetic processes has advanced considerably by the ability to …

The spermine synthase OsSPMS1 regulates seed germination, grain size, and yield

Y Tao, J Wang, J Miao, J Chen, S Wu, J Zhu… - Plant …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Polyamines, including putrescine, spermidine, and spermine, play essential roles in a wide
variety of prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms. Rice (Oryza sativa) contains four putative …

[HTML][HTML] Diamine Fungal Inducers of Secondary Metabolism: 1, 3-Diaminopropane and Spermidine Trigger Enzymes Involved in β-Alanine and Pantothenic Acid …

JF Martín, P Liras - Antibiotics, 2024 - mdpi.com
The biosynthesis of antibiotics and other secondary metabolites (also named special
metabolites) is regulated by multiple regulatory networks and cascades that act by binding …

Structural biology of S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase

S Bale, SE Ealick - Amino acids, 2010 - Springer
S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase (AdoMetDC) is a critical enzyme in the polyamine
biosynthetic pathway and a subject of many structural and biochemical investigations for anti …

Structure of a Human S-Adenosylmethionine Decarboxylase Self-Processing Ester Intermediate and Mechanism of Putrescine Stimulation of Processing As Revealed by the …

JL Ekstrom, WD Tolbert, H **ong, AE Pegg… - Biochemistry, 2001 - ACS Publications
S-Adenosylmethionine decarboxylase (AdoMetDC) is synthesized as a proenzyme that
cleaves itself in a putrescine-stimulated reaction via an N→ O acyl shift and β-elimination to …

Structural Basis for Putrescine Activation of Human S-Adenosylmethionine Decarboxylase

S Bale, MM Lopez, GI Makhatadze, Q Fang… - Biochemistry, 2008 - ACS Publications
Putrescine (1, 4-diaminobutane) activates the autoprocessing and decarboxylation reactions
of human S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase (AdoMetDC), a critical enzyme in the …

Monomeric S-Adenosylmethionine Decarboxylase from Plants Provides an Alternative to Putrescine Stimulation,

EM Bennett, JL Ekstrom, AE Pegg, SE Ealick - Biochemistry, 2002 - ACS Publications
S-Adenosylmethionine decarboxylase has been implicated in cell growth and differentiation
and is synthesized as a proenzyme, which undergoes autocatalytic cleavage to generate an …

Mechanisms of Allosteric Regulation of Trypanosoma cruzi S-Adenosylmethionine Decarboxylase

TC Beswick, EK Willert, MA Phillips - Biochemistry, 2006 - ACS Publications
S-Adenosylmethionine decarboxylase (AdoMetDC) is a pyruvoyl-dependent enzyme that
catalyzes an essential step in polyamine biosynthesis. The polyamines are required for cell …