UniProt functional annotation for O32323

UniProt code: O32323.

Organism: Blastochloris viridis (Rhodopseudomonas viridis).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Alphaproteobacteria; Rhizobiales; Hyphomicrobiaceae; Blastochloris.
 
Function: Involved in the NAD(+)-dependent synthesis of the polyamine homospermidine from putrescine.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=2 putrescine = NH4(+) + sym-homospermidine; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:18645, ChEBI:CHEBI:28938, ChEBI:CHEBI:57811, ChEBI:CHEBI:326268; EC=2.5.1.44;
Catalytic activity: Reaction=putrescine + spermidine = propane-1,3-diamine + sym- homospermidine; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:11236, ChEBI:CHEBI:57484, ChEBI:CHEBI:57811, ChEBI:CHEBI:57834, ChEBI:CHEBI:326268; EC=2.5.1.44;
Cofactor: Name=NAD(+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:57540;
Subunit: Homodimer.
Similarity: Belongs to the saccharopine dehydrogenase family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.