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Information on EC 2.5.1.22 - spermine synthase and Organism(s) Homo sapiens

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IUBMB Comments
The enzyme from mammalia is highly specific for spermidine [2,3]. cf. EC 2.5.1.16 (spermidine synthase) and EC 2.5.1.23 (sym-norspermidine synthase).
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The taxonomic range for the selected organisms is: Homo sapiens
The expected taxonomic range for this enzyme is: Eukaryota, Bacteria
Synonyms
spermine synthase, spmsyn, osspms1, spm synthase, spermidine aminopropyltransferase, spermine synthetase, spermine synthase 1, more
SYNONYM
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
COMMENTARY hide
LITERATURE
aminopropyltransferase, spermidine
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spermidine aminopropyltransferase
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spermine synthase
spermine synthetase
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SpmS
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SpmSyn
synthase, spermine
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REACTION TYPE
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
COMMENTARY hide
LITERATURE
aminopropyl group transfer
SYSTEMATIC NAME
IUBMB Comments
S-adenosyl 3-(methylthio)propylamine:spermidine 3-aminopropyltransferase
The enzyme from mammalia is highly specific for spermidine [2,3]. cf. EC 2.5.1.16 (spermidine synthase) and EC 2.5.1.23 (sym-norspermidine synthase).
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER
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74812-43-4
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SUBSTRATE
PRODUCT                       
REACTION DIAGRAM
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
COMMENTARY
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LITERATURE
(Substrate)
COMMENTARY
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LITERATURE
(Product)
Reversibility
r=reversible
ir=irreversible
?=not specified
H2N(CH2)3NH(CH2)4NH2 + S-adenosyl 3-(methylthio)propylamine
H2N(CH2)3NH(CH2)4NH(CH2)3NH2 + S-methyl-5'-thioadenosine
show the reaction diagram
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S-adenosyl 3-(methylthio)propylamine + spermidine
S-methyl-5'-thioadenosine + spermine
show the reaction diagram
S-adenosyl-L-methioninamine + spermidine
5'-methylthioadenosine + spermine
show the reaction diagram
S-adenosylmethioninamine + spermidine
5'-methylthioadenosine + spermine + H+
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Polyamine sythesis, addition of a second aminopropyl group to the N-10 position of spermidine. The active site with a bound spermidine molecule contains an Asp276 residue, which is in an ideal position to facilitate the deprotonation of the N-10 amino group of spermidine that attacks the C-atom of the aminopropyl group of decarboxylated S-adenosylmethionine
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S-adenosylmethioninamine + spermidine
S-methyl-5'-thioadenosine + spermine
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additional information
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NATURAL SUBSTRATE
NATURAL PRODUCT
REACTION DIAGRAM
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
COMMENTARY
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LITERATURE
(Substrate)
COMMENTARY
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LITERATURE
(Product)
REVERSIBILITY
r=reversible
ir=irreversible
?=not specified
S-adenosyl 3-(methylthio)propylamine + spermidine
S-methyl-5'-thioadenosine + spermine
show the reaction diagram
S-adenosylmethioninamine + spermidine
5'-methylthioadenosine + spermine + H+
show the reaction diagram
Polyamine sythesis, addition of a second aminopropyl group to the N-10 position of spermidine. The active site with a bound spermidine molecule contains an Asp276 residue, which is in an ideal position to facilitate the deprotonation of the N-10 amino group of spermidine that attacks the C-atom of the aminopropyl group of decarboxylated S-adenosylmethionine
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S-adenosylmethioninamine + spermidine
S-methyl-5'-thioadenosine + spermine
show the reaction diagram
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decarboxylated S-adenosylmethionine is an essential intermediate in the synthesis of polyamines
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additional information
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INHIBITOR
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
COMMENTARY hide
LITERATURE
IMAGE
5'-methylthioadenosine
SpmSyn is strongly inhibited by 5'-methylthioadenosine. This inhibition does not have great importance in limiting spermine synthesis in vivo because 5'-methylthioadenosine is normally rapidly degraded by 5'-methylthioadenosine phosphorylase. Inhibition of this enzyme allows 5'-methylthioadenosine to accumulate with deleterious effects on polyamine content.
additional information
the spermine synthase-5'-methylthioadenosine structure provides a plausible explanation for the potent inhibition of the reaction by this product and the stronger inhibition of spermine synthase compared with spermidine synthase.
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KM VALUE [mM]
SUBSTRATE
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
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LITERATURE
IMAGE
0.0005 - 0.0009
S-adenosyl 3-(methylthio)propylamine
0.001
S-adenosylmethioninamine
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0.2 - 0.8
spermidine
additional information
additional information
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TURNOVER NUMBER [1/s]
SUBSTRATE
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
COMMENTARY hide
LITERATURE
IMAGE
0.0015 - 32
spermidine
Ki VALUE [mM]
INHIBITOR
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
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LITERATURE
IMAGE
0.0003
5'-methylthioadenosine
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SPECIFIC ACTIVITY [µmol/min/mg]
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
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LITERATURE
0.455
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placenta
227
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mutant enzyme S165D/L175E/T178H/C206R, at pH 7.5 and 37°C
2425
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wild type enzyme, at pH 7.5 and 37°C
additional information
pH OPTIMUM
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
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LITERATURE
TEMPERATURE OPTIMUM
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
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LITERATURE
ORGANISM
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LITERATURE
UNIPROT
SEQUENCE DB
SOURCE
SOURCE TISSUE
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
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LITERATURE
SOURCE
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additional information
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tissue distribution
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
LOCALIZATION
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
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GeneOntology No.
LITERATURE
SOURCE
GENERAL INFORMATION
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
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LITERATURE
drug target
spermine synthase and MYC cooperate to maintain colorectal cancer cell survival by repressing Bim expression. Combined inhibition of spermine synthase and MYC signaling may be an effective therapy for colorectal cancer
malfunction
metabolism
physiological function
UNIPROT
ENTRY NAME
ORGANISM
NO. OF AA
NO. OF TRANSM. HELICES
MOLECULAR WEIGHT[Da]
SOURCE
SEQUENCE
LOCALIZATION PREDICTION?
SPSY_HUMAN
366
0
41268
Swiss-Prot
other Location (Reliability: 2)
MOLECULAR WEIGHT
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
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LITERATURE
41000
45000
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2 * 45000, kidney, SDS-PAGE
78000
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kidney, pore-gradient electrophoresis
SUBUNIT
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
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LITERATURE
dimer
homodimer
monomer
deletions of all or part of the N-terminal domain lead to the protein existing as a monomer as determined by gel filtration analysis and to virtually complete loss of activity
CRYSTALLIZATION (Commentary)
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
LITERATURE
analysis of X-ray crystal structure of the wild-type human SMS in complex with spermidine and 5-methylthioadenosine, PDB ID 3C6K, and folding free energy calculations, dimer structure analysis of wild-type and mutant enzymes, overview
in complex with 5'-methylthioadenosine and spermidine and with 5'-methylthioadenosine and spermine. Enzyme is a dimer of two identical subunits. Each monomer has three domains, a C-terminal domain, which contains the active site and is similar in structure to spermidine synthase, a central domain made up of four beta-strands, and an N-terminal domain with remarkable structural similarity to S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase
Purified SpmSyn is crystallized as ternary complex in the presence of spermidine and 5'-methylthioadenosine or spermidine and 5'-methylthioadenosine using the hanging drop vapor diffusion method. The SpmSyn-5'-methylthioadenosine-spermidine complex is crystallized in 12% polyethylene glycol and 0.1 M MES (pH 6.5). The SpmSyn-5'-methylthioadenosine-spermine complex is crystallized in 18% polyethylene glycol, 0.1 M NaCl, and 0.1 M BisTris (pH 6.5). Crystals are soaked in the corresponding mother liquor supplemented with 20% glycerol as cryoprotectant before freezing in liquid nitrogen.
PROTEIN VARIANTS
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
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LITERATURE
D201A
D201N
D276N
DELTA1-129
0.02% activity compared to the wild-type enzyme
DELTA1-145
no activity
DELTA1-19
0.003% activity compared to the wild-type enzyme
DELTA1-43
0.0002% activity compared to the wild-type enzyme
DELTA1-82
0.00023% activity compared to the wild-type enzyme
DELTA347-366
truncation of the protein at position 346 removing the last 20 residues lead to a complete loss of activity
DELTA358-366A
smaller truncation of only 9 residues has a smaller effect but still reduced activity by 75%
E353Q
F58L
the mutation is associated with the Snyder-Robinson syndrome
G191S
the mutation at a site far away from the active pocket affects the active site dynamics and thus the functionality of SpmSyn. This suggests that SpmSyn functionality is regulated by networks of interacting residues and thus expands the functional and structural importance beyond the amino acids directly involved in the catalysis
G67E
the mutation is associated with the Snyder-Robinson syndrome
I150T
M35R
the mutation is associated with the Snyder-Robinson syndrome
P112L
the mutation is associated with the Snyder-Robinson syndrome
S165D/L175E/T178H/C206R
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the mutant shows increased activity compared to the wild type enzyme
V132G
additional information
PURIFICATION (Commentary)
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
LITERATURE
Cell lysate is loaded onto a HiTrap chelating column charged with Ni2+. The enzyme is eluted with an imidazole gradient (50-250 mM) at pH 8.0. The protein is loaded onto a Superdex 200 column equilibrated with 20 mM Tris-HCl and 150 mM NaCl. Thrombin is added to combined fractions containing SpmSyn to remove the His-tag. The protein is further purified to homogeneity by ion-exchange chromatography.
TALON affinity resin column chromatography
CLONED (Commentary)
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
LITERATURE
DNA fragment encoding human enzyme is amplified by PCR and subcloned into the pET28a-LIC vector downstream of the polyhistidine coding region. Enzyme is expressed in the Escherichia coli BL21-Codon Plus(DE3)-RIL strain by the addition of 1 mM isopropyl1-thio-beta-D-galactopyranoside. The N-terminally truncated SpmSyn mutants are generated by PCR and subcloned into the pET28a-LIC vector.
enzyme overexpression in transgenic mice under control of a composite CMV-IE enhancer-chicken beta-actin promotor, 4 separate founder CAG/SpmS mice are analysed: enzyme expression in all tissues, mostly highly increased compared to the wild-type mice, overview
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expressed in Escherichia coli XL-1 Blue cells
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expression of human spermine synthase in CAGSMS line 8 mice from a composite CMV-IE enhancer/chicken beta-actin promoter. Transgenic expression of spermine synthase in the Gy mice reverse all of the increases in dcAdoMet content and AdoMetDC
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expression of wild-type and mutant enzymes in HEK cells
EXPRESSION
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
LITERATURE
knockdown of the MYO5A gene reduces the expression of mRNA coding for spermine synthase. The amount of this transcript is also reduced in cells derived from a patient with Griscelli syndrome type 1. This suggests that, in addition to a direct physical interaction between the two proteins, myosin Va also modulates the transcription of the spermine synthase gene
MYO5A knockdown decreases the expression of spermine synthase gene and renders the distribution of spermine synthase protein diffuse, supporting a role for MyoVa in spermine synthase expression and targeting
spermine synthase is overexpressed in colorectal cancer
APPLICATION
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
COMMENTARY hide
LITERATURE
medicine
REF.
AUTHORS
TITLE
JOURNAL
VOL.
PAGES
YEAR
ORGANISM (UNIPROT)
PUBMED ID
SOURCE
Kajander, E.O.; Kauppinen, L.I.; Pajula, R.L.; Karkola, K.; Eloranta, T.O.
Purification and partial characterization of human polyamine synthases
Biochem. J.
259
879-886
1989
Homo sapiens
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Korhonen, V.P.; Halmekyto, M.; Kauppinen, L.; Myohanen, S.; Wahlfors, J.; Keinanen, T.; Hyvonen, T.; Alhonen, L.; Eloranta, T.; Janne, J.
Molecular cloning of a cDNA encoding human spermine synthase
DNA Cell Biol.
14
841-847
1995
Homo sapiens
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Ikeguchi, Y.; Wang, X.; McCloskey, D.E.; Coleman, C.S.; Nelson, P.; Hu, G.; Shantz, L.M.; Pegg, A.E.
Characterization of transgenic mice with widespread overexpression of spermine synthase
Biochem. J.
381
701-707
2004
Homo sapiens
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Wu, H.; Min, J.; Zeng, H.; McCloskey, D.E.; Ikeguchi, Y.; Loppnau, P.; Michael, A.J.; Pegg, A.E.; Plotnikov, A.N.
Crystal structure of human spermine synthase: implications of substrate binding and catalytic mechanism
J. Biol. Chem.
283
16135-16146
2008
Homo sapiens (P52788), Homo sapiens
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
de Alencastro, G.; McCloskey, D.E.; Kliemann, S.E.; Maranduba, C.M.; Pegg, A.E.; Wang, X.; Bertola, D.R.; Schwartz, C.E.; Passos-Bueno, M.R.; Sertie, A.L.
New SMS mutation leads to a striking reduction in spermine synthase protein function and a severe form of Snyder-Robinson X-linked recessive mental retardation syndrome
J. Med. Genet.
45
539-543
2008
Homo sapiens
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
MacLean, H.E.; Chiu, W.S.; Notini, A.J.; Axell, A.; Davey, R.A.; McManus, J.F.; Ma, C.; Plant, D.R.; Lynch, G.S.; Zajac, J.D.
Impaired skeletal muscle development and function in male, but not female, genomic androgen receptor knockout mice
FASEB J.
22
2676-2689
2008
Homo sapiens (P52788)
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Pegg, A.E.; Michael, A.J.
Spermine synthase
Cell. Mol. Life Sci.
67
113-121
2010
Homo sapiens, Monosiga brevicollis, Mus musculus, no activity in Caenorhabditis elegans, no activity in Hydra magnipapillata, Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Pegg, A.E.; Wang, X.; Schwartz, C.E.; McCloskey, D.E.
Spermine synthase activity affects the content of decarboxylated S-adenosylmethionine
Biochem. J.
433
139-144
2011
Homo sapiens, Mus musculus
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Zhang, Z.; Norris, J.; Schwartz, C.; Alexov, E.
In silico and in vitro investigations of the mutability of disease-causing missense mutation sites in spermine synthase
PLoS ONE
6
e20373
2011
Homo sapiens (P52788)
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Peng, Y.; Norris, J.; Schwartz, C.; Alexov, E.
Revealing the effects of missense mutations causing Snyder-Robinson syndrome on the stability and dimerization of spermine synthase
Int. J. Mol. Sci.
17
77
2016
Homo sapiens (P52788)
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Zhang, Z.; Zheng, Y.; Petukh, M.; Pegg, A.; Ikeguchi, Y.; Alexov, E.
Enhancing human spermine synthase activity by engineered mutations
PLoS Comput. Biol.
9
e1002924
2013
Homo sapiens
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Zhang, Z.; Martiny, V.; Lagorce, D.; Ikeguchi, Y.; Alexov, E.; Miteva, M.A.
Rational design of small-molecule stabilizers of spermine synthase dimer by virtual screening and free energy-based approach
PLoS ONE
9
e110884
2014
Homo sapiens (P52788), Homo sapiens
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Dolce, L.G.; Silva-Junior, R.M.P.; Assis, L.H.P.; Nascimento, A.F.Z.; Araujo, J.S.; Meschede, I.P.; Espreafico, E.M.; de Giuseppe, P.O.; Murakami, M.T.
Myosin Va interacts with the exosomal protein spermine synthase
Biosci. Rep.
39
BSR20182189
2019
Homo sapiens (P52788)
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Timson, D.J.
Myosin Va and spermine synthase partners in exosome transport
Biosci. Rep.
39
BSR20190326
2019
Homo sapiens (P52788)
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Peng, Y.; Michonova, E.
Long-range effect of a single mutation in spermine synthase
J. Theor. Comput. Chem.
17
16135-16146
2018
Homo sapiens (P52788)
-
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Guo, Y.; Ye, Q.; Deng, P.; Cao, Y.; He, D.; Zhou, Z.; Wang, C.; Zaytseva, Y.Y.; Schwartz, C.E.; Lee, E.Y.; Mark Evers, B.; Morris, A.J.; Liu, S.; She, Q.B.
Spermine synthase and MYC cooperate to maintain colorectal cancer cell survival by repressing Bim expression
Nat. Commun.
11
3243
2020
Homo sapiens (P52788)
Manually annotated by BRENDA team