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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Med Genet A. 2009 Mar;149A(3):328–335. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32641

Table 2.

Spermine synthase activity and Spermine levels in the present family

Sample SMS Activity Putresine Spermine Spermidine Spd/Spm
(pmol/h/mg protein) (nmol/h/mg protein)
Normal control 500 0.51 6.81 3.54 0.52
Mother (I-2) 750 0.87 9.18 6.11 0.67
Patient 1 (II-2) 4 0.15 2.54 8.82 3.47
Patient 2 (II-3) <1 0.18 3.26 11.12 3.41

Spd = spermidine, Spm = spermine