Selective regulation of polyamine metabolism with methylated polyamine analogues

Amino Acids

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 605-620

  Keinänen, Tuomo A ^a,b   Hyvönen, Mervi T ^a,b   Alhonen, Leena ^a   Vepsäläinen, Jouko ^a   Khomutov, Alex R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c ENGELHARDT INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Acetylation; Carbon methylated; Flavin containing oxidoreductases; Metabolic stability; Ornithine decarboxylase; Polyamine metabolism

Indexed keywords

1 METHYLPUTRESCINE; 1 METHYLSPERMIDINE; 1 METHYLSPERMINE; 1,12 DIMETHYLSPERMINE; 1,2 DIMETHYLPUTRESCINE; 1,3 DIMETHYLPUTRESCINE; 1,3 METHYLSPERMIDINE; 1,4 DIMETHYLPUTRESCINE; 2 METHYLPUTRESCINE; 2,2 DIMETHYLPUTRESCINE; 2,3 DIMETHYLPUTRESCINE; 2,3,3 TRIMETHYLPUTRESCINE; 3 AMINOOXYPROPYLAMINE; ACETYLPOLYAMINE OXIDASE; ADENOSYLMETHIONINE DECARBOXYLASE; ANTIZYME; EFLORNITHINE; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE INHIBITOR; OXIDOREDUCTASE; POLYAMINE; POLYAMINE DERIVATIVE; PUTRESCINE; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC PANCREATITIS; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; BIOACCUMULATION; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER GROWTH; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRUG TARGETING; DRUG TOLERANCE; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; KIDNEY INJURY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER INJURY; LIVER REGENERATION; METABOLIC REGULATION; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS INJURY; POLYAMINE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STEREOISOMERISM; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; ANIMAL; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; METHYLATION; POLYAMINES;

EID: 84896318506     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-013-1587-9     Document Type: Short Survey

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