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Item No. 17918

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N1,N12-Acetylspermine is a diacetylated derivative of spermine (Item No. 18041), an endogenous polyamine synthesized from spermidine (Item No. 14918), that displays lower Km and higher Vmax values than spermine, making it a better substrate of polyamine oxidase than the non-acetylated polyamine.1 Spermine is required for eukaryotic cell growth and protein synthesis and is involved in the modulation of calcium-dependent immune processes.2,3 Upregulation of N1,N12-acetylspermine has been linked to the incidence of cancer, making this natural polyamine a potential biomarker for cancer detection.4
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1. Acetylderivatives as intermediates in polyamine catabolism. Int. J. Biochem. 13(3), 287-292 (1981).
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3. Polyamines: Mysterious modulators of cellular functions. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 271(3), 559-564 (2000).
4. Metabolism links bacterial biofilms and colon carcinogenesis. Cell Metab. 21(6), 891-897 (2015).