Showing metabocard for 4-(Glutamylamino) butanoate (MMDBc0029917)
Record Information
Version
1.0
Status
Detected and Quantified
Creation Date
2021-11-17 23:46:46 UTC
Update Date
2022-08-31 17:37:36 UTC
MiMeDB ID
MMDBc0029917
Metabolite Identification
Common Name
4-(Glutamylamino) butanoate
Description
4-(Glutamylamino) butanoate is a polyamine that is an intermediate in putrescine degradation . Polyamines (the most common of which are putrescine , spermidine , and spermine ), a group of positively charged small molecules present in virtually all living organisms, have been implicated in many biological processes, including binding to nucleic acids, stabilizing membranes, and stimulating several enzymes. Although polyamines are clearly necessary for optimal cell growth, a surplus of polyamines can cause inhibition of growth and protein synthesis, and thus a balance is desired between the production and breakdown of polyamines. In putrescine degradation , 4-(Glutamylamino) butanoate is a substrate for gamma-glutamyl-gamma-aminobutyrate hydrolase (puuD) and can be generated from the hydrolysis of gamma-glutamyl-gamma-aminobutyraldehyde.
Wishart DS, Li C, Marcu A, Badran H, Pon A, Budinski Z, Patron J, Lipton D, Cao X, Oler E, Li K, Paccoud M, Hong C, Guo AC, Chan C, Wei W, Ramirez-Gaona M: PathBank: a comprehensive pathway database for model organisms. Nucleic Acids Res. 2020 Jan 8;48(D1):D470-D478. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkz861. [PubMed:31602464 ]
