Protein Name polyamine oxidase
Organism Rattus norvegicus
Gene ID 293589
Gene Symbol

Paox

UniProt D3Z8W0 (D3Z8W0_RAT)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 59
Total Number of Articles : 57
Description

polyamine oxidase

Gene Summary

Enables polyamine oxidase activity. Involved in putrescine catabolic process; spermidine catabolic process; and spermine catabolic process. Located in peroxisomal matrix. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in lung non-small cell carcinoma. Orthologous to human PAOX (polyamine oxidase). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]

synonyms
  • peroxisomal N(1)-acetyl-spermine/spermidine oxidase
  • GTP-binding protein-like
  • polyamine oxidase (exo-N4-amino)
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Properties