GO biological process ontology term - GO:0008215 - spermine metabolic process
Term summary
- ID
- GO:0008215
- Name
- spermine metabolic process
- Ontology or CV name
- GO biological process
- Definition
- The chemical reactions and pathways involving spermine, a polybasic amine found in human sperm, in ribosomes and in some viruses, which is involved in nucleic acid packaging. Synthesis is regulated by ornithine decarboxylase which plays a key role in control of DNA replication.
