Term Name: spermine metabolic process
Synonyms: spermine metabolism
Definition: 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.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0008215]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: polyamine metabolic process
has subtype: arginine catabolic process to spermine spermine acetylation spermine biosynthetic process spermine catabolic process