Phosphatidyl ethanolamine methyltransferase

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Phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase
Identifiers
SymbolsPEMT; PEAMT; PEMPT; PEMT2; PNMT
External IDsOMIM: 602391 MGI: 104535 HomoloGene: 6291 GeneCards: PEMT Gene
EC number2.1.1.17, 2.1.1.71
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez1040018618
EnsemblENSG00000133027ENSMUSG00000000301
UniProtQ9UBM1Q61907
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_001267551NM_008819
RefSeq (protein)NP_001254480NP_032845
Location (UCSC)Chr 17:
17.41 – 17.5 Mb
Chr 11:
59.97 – 60.05 Mb
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Phosphatidyl ethanolamine methyltransferase also known as PEMT is an enzyme which in humans is encoded by the PEMT gene.[1][2][3]

Function

The PEMT enzyme converts phosphatidylethanolamine to phosphatidylcholine by sequential methylation in the liver. The protein localizes to the endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria-associated membranes. The gene is within the Smith-Magenis syndrome region on chromosome 17.[3]

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References

  1. Walkey CJ, Shields DJ, Vance DE (January 1999). "Identification of three novel cDNAs for human phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase and localization of the human gene on chromosome 17p11.2". Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1436 (3): 405–12. PMID 9989271. 
  2. Vance DE, Li Z, Jacobs RL (November 2007). "Hepatic phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase, unexpected roles in animal biochemistry and physiology". J. Biol. Chem. 282 (46): 33237–41. doi:10.1074/jbc.R700028200. PMID 17881348. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Entrez Gene: PEMT". 

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