Category:GO:0000297 ! spermine transmembrane transporter activity

name: spermine transmembrane transporter activity
namespace: molecular_function
def: "Enables the transfer of spermine from one side of a membrane to the other. Spermine is 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." [GOC:ai]
is_a: GO:0015203 ! polyamine transmembrane transporter activity
relationship: part_of: GO:1903710 ! spermine transmembrane transport

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0000297</GOterm>
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