Showing metabocard for N-Acetylcadaverine (MMDBc0000821)
Record Information
Version
1.0
Status
Detected and Quantified
Creation Date
2020-12-10 22:03:46 UTC
Update Date
2022-08-31 06:16:54 UTC
MiMeDB ID
MMDBc0000821
Metabolite Identification
Common Name
N-Acetylcadaverine
Description
N-Acetylcadaverine is the acetylated form of the polyamine cadaverine. Cadaverine is produced by the breakdown of amino acids in living and dead organisms and is toxic in large doses. Cadaverine is largely responsible for the foul odor of putrefying flesh, but also contributes to the odor of such processes as bad breath and bacterial vaginosis. Cadaverine is also found in semen. Polyamines (and their acetylated forms) are known to be closely related with cell growth, cell proliferation, and synthesis of proteins and nucleic acids. Their concentrations are adjusted either by regulating the activity levels of the biosynthetic and catabolic reactions or by controlling the net direction of polyamine acetylation-deacetylation. In Alzheimer's disease (AD), the neurotoxic amyloid β-peptide is known to up-regulate polyamine metabolism by increasing ornithine decarboxylase activity and polyamine uptake by initiating free radical damage. Because of these findings, polyamines have been considered to play an important role in response to neurodegenerative conditions. Altered levels of polyamines have been found in tissue, hair and body fluids of patients with neuromuscular diseases and neurodegenerative conditions. (PMID: 17723614 ). N-Acetylcadaverine has been found to be a metabolite of several bacteria species (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S209580991730423X).
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Paik MJ, Lee S, Cho KH, Kim KR: Urinary polyamines and N-acetylated polyamines in four patients with Alzheimer's disease as their N-ethoxycarbonyl-N-pentafluoropropionyl derivatives by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry in selected ion monitoring mode. Anal Chim Acta. 2006 Aug 18;576(1):55-60. doi: 10.1016/j.aca.2006.01.070. Epub 2006 Feb 24. [PubMed:17723614 ]
