Polyamine oxidase (propane 1,3 diamine forming)

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EC number 1.5.3.14 BRENDA BRENDA entry KEGG KEGG entry		IntEnz IntEnz view ExPASy NiceZyme view MetaCyc metabolic pathway

Polyamine oxidase (propane-1,3-diamine-forming) (EC 1.5.3.14, MPAO, maize PAO) is an enzyme with systematic name spermidine:oxygen oxidoreductase (propane-1,3-diamine-forming). This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

spermidine + O₂ + H₂O ⇌ propane-1,3-diamine + 4-aminobutanal + H₂O₂

The products of the reaction cannot be converted directly to other polyamines.

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