putrescine biosynthetic process from arginine, using agmatinase
Term Information
Accession
GO:0033389
Name
putrescine biosynthetic process from arginine, using agmatinase
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
putrescine anabolism from arginine, using agmatinase, putrescine biosynthesis from arginine, using agmatinase, putrescine formation from arginine, using agmatinase, putrescine synthesis from arginine, using agmatinase
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of putrescine, 1,4-diaminobutane, from other compounds, including arginine; in this pathway, arginine is converted to agmatine, and agmatine is converted to putrescine in a single enzymatic step.
Source:
GOC:mah,
MetaCyc:PWY-40