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Diamine and polyamine catabolism controls plant development, resistance to pathogens and stress responses. Diamine and polyamine oxidases control the catabolism of diamines and polyamines, respectively. Two major routes of di−/polyamine catabolism exist: the terminal and the interconverting. The in vitro activity of each route is assayed by the colorimetric or chemiluminescent determination of hydrogen peroxide produced by oxidation of di−/polyamine substrates. However, these assays fail to estimate activity of individual di−/polyamine oxidase isoenzymes. Herein, I describe an assay for the simultaneous in-gel determination of terminal and interconverting di−/polyamine oxidase isoenzyme activities.
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Moschou, P.N. (2018). Determination of di−/Polyamine Oxidase Activity in Plants by an In-Gel Spermidine Oxidation Assay. In: Alcázar, R., Tiburcio, A. (eds) Polyamines. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1694. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7398-9_14
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