Protein
Polyamine aminopropyltransferase 1
Organism
Hyperthermus butylicus (strain DSM 5456 / JCM 9403 / PLM1-5)
Function
Involved in the biosynthesis of polyamines which are thought to support the growth of thermophilic microorganisms under high-temperature conditions. It seems that long-chain and branched-chain of polyamines effectively stabilize DNA and RNA, respectively. Catalyzes the irreversible transfer of a propylamine group from the amino donor S-adenosylmethioninamine (decarboxy-AdoMet) to norspermidine, spermidine and norspermine to yield norspermine, thermospermine and caldopentamine, respectively. It can also synthesize sym-norspermidine (bis(3-aminopropyl)amine) from 1,3-diaminopropane with a very low activity. The biosynthesis of caldohexamine and caldoheptamine from caldopentamine has been also observed.
Similarity
Belongs to the spermidine/spermine synthase family.
Sequence
MELGMFRLNIYQPGGPIGALYPVEKILYHGRSQYQEIMILVLRGFGKTLVLDGLIQSTESDEHIYHETLVHPAMTVHPNPRRVLILGGGEGATLREVLKHNTVEKAVMVDIDGEVVRVAREYLPEWHQGAFDDPRAQVVIMDGFEYIKEAARRGEDFDVIIMDLTDPFGPKIAAKLYTKEAIGLVKSVLRSDGILVTQAGCAALFPEAFEKVYGSVKSLFAHAEEYGVWVPSFMYVNSFVFASDKYRLTDLSMEEVDRRLRERGVETRFYSGLRHYTLIGLGGIRLLEGRGS