Synonyms:ADOMETDC, AMD, AMD1, ENTREZ:262, HGNC:457, MIM:180980, NM_001033059, NM_001287214, NM_001287215, NM_001287216, NM_001393406, NM_001393407, NM_001393408, NM_001634, NP_001274143, NP_001274144, NP_001274145, NP_001380335, NP_001380336, NP_001380337, NP_001625, NR_109768, NR_171681, SAMDC, adenosylmethionine decarboxylase 1
Omim:OMIM:180980
Id:ENSG00000123505
Hgnc:HGNC:457
Description:adenosylmethionine decarboxylase 1
This gene encodes an important intermediate enzyme in polyamine biosynthesis. The polyamines spermine, spermidine, and putrescine are low-molecular-weight aliphatic amines essential for cellular proliferation and tumor promotion. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants have been identified. Pseudogenes of this gene are found on chromosomes 5, 6, 10, X and Y. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2013]