smd-1 [Browse genome (BioProject PRJNA13758)] [Search on AGR]
Caenorhabditis elegans Enables adenosylmethionine decarboxylase activity. Involved in spermidine biosynthetic process and spermine biosynthetic process. Predicted to be located in cytosol. Expressed in intestine and neurons. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in lung non-small cell carcinoma and prostate cancer. Is an ortholog of human AMD1 (adenosylmethionine decarboxylase 1).