phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase | |||||||
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Identifiers | |||||||
Symbol | PNMT | ||||||
Alt. symbols | PENT | ||||||
NCBI gene | 5409 | ||||||
HGNC | 9160 | ||||||
OMIM | 171190 | ||||||
RefSeq | NM_002686 | ||||||
UniProt | P11086 | ||||||
Other data | |||||||
EC number | 2.1.1.28 | ||||||
Locus | Chr. 17 q21-q22 | ||||||
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Phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase (PNMT) is an enzyme found primarily in the adrenal medulla that converts norepinephrine (noradrenaline) to epinephrine (adrenaline).[1] It is also expressed in small groups of neurons in the human brain[2] and in selected populations of cardiomyocytes.[3]
Medulla PNMT
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).Human PNMT neurons
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).