Nicotinamide N-methyltransferase
BE0000783ProteinHumansNNMT
Catalyzes the N-methylation of nicotinamide using the universal methyl donor S-adenosyl-L-methionine to form N1-methylnicotinamide and S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine, a predominant nicotinamide/vitamin B3 clearance pathway (PubMed:21823666, PubMed:23455543, PubMed:8182091). It is acted on by 3 drugs in DrugBank.
- Gene name
- NNMT
- UniProtKB entry
- P40261Swiss-Prot
- Cellular location
- Cytoplasm
- Residues / weight
- 264 residues · 29,574 Da
- Also known as
- 2.1.1.1
Resolves to
Pharmacology
Drugs
What you can answer from here — as of September 07, 2019
Which approved drugs act on Nicotinamide N-methyltransferase, how selective are they, and which programs against it are still in active trials?
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