Cadaverine

A Cadaverine is a syrupy, colorless, Fuming Ptomaine, C5H14N2, Molecule formed by the Carboxylation of Lysine by bacteria in Decaying Animal Flesh.

• AKA: 1,5-Pentanediamine, Pentamethylenediamine.
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• Example(s):
  • Selenomonas Ruminantium http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/O50657
  • PMID 6783621: “The peptidoglycan of Selenomonas ruminantium, a strictly anaerobic bacterium, contains cadaverine.”
• See: Selenomonas Ruminantium, Putrescine.

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References

2009

• (Wikipedia, 2009) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadaverine
  • PCadaverine is a foul-smelling molecule produced by protein hydrolysis during putrefaction of animal tissue. Cadaverine is a toxic[1] diamine with the formula NH2(CH2)5NH2, which is similar to putrescine. Cadaverine is also known by the names 1,5-pentanediamine and pentamethylenediamine.
• Gene Ontology http://amigo.geneontology.org/cgi-bin/amigo/term-details.cgi?term=GO:0004629&session_id=5828amigo1240506945
  • Accession: GO:0015839
  • Ontology: biological process
  • Synonyms :None
  • Definition
    • The directed movement of cadaverine, 1,5-pentanediamine, into, out of, within or between cells. [source: GOC:ai]

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