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Facts about Histamine N-methyltransferase.
Inactivates histamine by N-methylation.
Plays an important role in degrading histamine and in regulating the airway response to histamine..
Human | |
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Gene Name: | HNMT |
Uniprot: | P50135 |
Entrez: | 3176 |
Belongs to: |
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class I-like SAM-binding methyltransferase superfamily |
EC 2.1.1.8; Histamine NMethyltransferase; Histamine N-Methyltransferase; HMT; HNMT; HNMT-S1; HNMT-S2
Mass (kDA):
33.295 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 2q22.1 |
Sequence: | 2; NC_000002.12 (137964068..138016364) |
Cytoplasm.
PMID: 7943261 by Yamauchi K., et al. Structure and function of human histamine N-methyltransferase: critical enzyme in histamine metabolism in airway.
PMID: 8145732 by Girard B., et al. Human histamine N-methyltransferase pharmacogenetics: cloning and expression of kidney cDNA.