id | GO:0008215   Detailed information |
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  name | spermine metabolic process |
  namespace | biological_process |
  def | "The chemical reactions and pathways involving spermine, a polybasic amine found in human sperm, in ribosomes and in some viruses, which is involved in nucleic acid packaging. Synthesis is regulated by ornithine decarboxylase which plays a key role in control of DNA replication." [CHEBI:15746, GOC:curators] |
  subset | gosubset_prok |
  is_a | GO:0006595 ! polyamine metabolic process |