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Aliphatic polyamines are plant growth regulators that affect mainly the induction and sustenance of cell division (Bagni 1989). They are involved in all the steps of protein synthesis (replication, transcription and translation) through specific and aspecific interactions with DNA and different RNAs (Feuerstein and Marton 1989). In particular, the specific interactions of two molecules of spermine or spermidine, one located in the major groove at one end of the anticodon stem, the other near the variable loop of tRNA, are able to switch tRNA conformation from the inactive to the active form (which is then able to accept the specific aminoacid) (Quigley et al. 1978). This observation provides one of the most plausible explanations for the mode of action of these compounds in the cell.
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Biasi, R., Franceschetti, M.M., Falasca, G., Altamura, M.M., Bagni, N. (1999). Polyamines as markers in sexual reproduction of kiwifruit. In: Clément, C., Pacini, E., Audran, JC. (eds) Anther and Pollen. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59985-9_4
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