Keyword
Putrescine biosynthesis
| Definition | Protein involved in the biosynthesis of putrescine, a foul-smelling polyamine. This metabolic precursor of the polyamines spermine and spermidine is often produced during breakdown of some of the amino acids by bacteria. |
|---|
| Synonyms |
1,4-diaminobutane biosynthesis
1,4-butanediamine biosynthesis
|
|---|
| Category |
› Biological process
|
|---|
| GO | › putrescine biosynthetic process [ GO:0009446 ]
|
|---|
| Graphical |
|
|---|
| |