FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term putrescine metabolic process ID (Ontology) GO:0009445 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways involving putrescine, 1,4-diaminobutane; putrescine can be formed by decarboxylation of ornithine and is the metabolic precursor of spermidine and spermine.
Also Known As "putrescine metabolism"
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  biogenic amine metabolic process
   |__polyamine metabolic process
       |__putrescine metabolic process  2 rec.
           |__putrescine acetylation
           |__putrescine biosynthetic process 2 rec.
           |   |__putrescine biosynthetic process from arginine(+) 2 rec.
           |__putrescine catabolic process
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