SMS (gene)

Spermine synthase

Rendering based on PDB 3C6K.
Available structures
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Identifiers
Symbols SMS ; MRSR; SPMSY; SRS; SpS
External IDs OMIM: 300105 MGI: 109490 HomoloGene: 88709 ChEMBL: 4934 GeneCards: SMS Gene
EC number 2.5.1.22
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 6611 20603
Ensembl ENSG00000102172 ENSMUSG00000071708
UniProt P52788 P97355
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001258423 NM_009214
RefSeq (protein) NP_001245352 NP_033240
Location (UCSC) Chr X:
21.94 – 21.99 Mb
Chr X:
157.44 – 157.49 Mb
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Spermine synthase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the SMS gene.[1][2][3] The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the spermidine/spermine synthases family. This gene encodes a ubiquitous enzyme of polyamine metabolism.[3]

Model organisms

Model organisms have been used in the study of SMS function. A conditional knockout mouse line, called Smstm1a(EUCOMM)Wtsi[12][13] was generated as part of the International Knockout Mouse Consortium program — a high-throughput mutagenesis project to generate and distribute animal models of disease to interested scientists.[14][15][16]

Male and female animals underwent a standardized phenotypic screen to determine the effects of deletion.[10][17] Twenty three tests were carried out on mutant mice and six significant abnormalities were observed.[10] Hemizygous males were infertile and thus it was not possible to produce homozygous mutant female mice. The remaining tests were therefore carried out on heterozygous mutant females and hemizygous males. Both displayed decreased grip strength while the males also had decreased body weight, length, bone mineral content and atypical peripheral blood lymphocyte counts.[10]

References

  1. Korhonen VP, Halmekyto M, Kauppinen L, Myohanen S, Wahlfors J, Keinanen T, Hyvonen T, Alhonen L, Eloranta T, Janne J (Nov 1995). "Molecular cloning of a cDNA encoding human spermine synthase". DNA Cell Biol 14 (10): 841–7. doi:10.1089/dna.1995.14.841. PMID 7546290.
  2. Grieff M, Whyte MP, Thakker RV, Mazzarella R (Dec 1997). "Sequence analysis of 139 kb in Xp22.1 containing spermine synthase and the 5' region of PEX". Genomics 44 (2): 227–31. doi:10.1006/geno.1997.4876. PMID 9299240.
  3. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: SMS spermine synthase".
  4. "Body weight data for Sms". Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.
  5. "Grip strength data for Sms". Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.
  6. "DEXA data for Sms". Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.
  7. "Radiography data for Sms". Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.
  8. "Clinical chemistry data for Sms". Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.
  9. "Citrobacter infection data for Sms". Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.
  10. 1 2 3 4 Gerdin AK (2010). "The Sanger Mouse Genetics Programme: High throughput characterisation of knockout mice". Acta Ophthalmologica 88: 925–7. doi:10.1111/j.1755-3768.2010.4142.x.
  11. Mouse Resources Portal, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.
  12. "International Knockout Mouse Consortium".
  13. "Mouse Genome Informatics".
  14. Skarnes, W. C.; Rosen, B.; West, A. P.; Koutsourakis, M.; Bushell, W.; Iyer, V.; Mujica, A. O.; Thomas, M.; Harrow, J.; Cox, T.; Jackson, D.; Severin, J.; Biggs, P.; Fu, J.; Nefedov, M.; De Jong, P. J.; Stewart, A. F.; Bradley, A. (2011). "A conditional knockout resource for the genome-wide study of mouse gene function". Nature 474 (7351): 337–342. doi:10.1038/nature10163. PMC 3572410. PMID 21677750.
  15. Dolgin E (2011). "Mouse library set to be knockout". Nature 474 (7351): 262–3. doi:10.1038/474262a. PMID 21677718.
  16. Collins FS, Rossant J, Wurst W (2007). "A Mouse for All Reasons". Cell 128 (1): 9–13. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2006.12.018. PMID 17218247.
  17. van der Weyden L, White JK, Adams DJ, Logan DW (2011). "The mouse genetics toolkit: revealing function and mechanism.". Genome Biol 12 (6): 224. doi:10.1186/gb-2011-12-6-224. PMC 3218837. PMID 21722353.

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