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PNMT phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase [ Homo sapiens (human) ]

Gene ID: 5409, updated on 5-Mar-2024

Summary

Official Symbol
PNMTprovided by HGNC
Official Full Name
phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferaseprovided by HGNC
Primary source
HGNC:HGNC:9160
See related
Ensembl:ENSG00000141744 MIM:171190; AllianceGenome:HGNC:9160
Gene type
protein coding
RefSeq status
REVIEWED
Organism
Homo sapiens
Lineage
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo
Also known as
PENT; PNMTase
Summary
The product of this gene catalyzes the last step of the catecholamine biosynthesis pathway, which methylates norepinephrine to form epinephrine (adrenaline). The enzyme also has beta-carboline 2N-methyltransferase activity. This gene is thought to play a key step in regulating epinephrine production. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2012]
Expression
Biased expression in adrenal (RPKM 46.5) and fat (RPKM 2.1) See more
Orthologs
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Genomic context

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Location:
17q12
Exon count:
4
Annotation release Status Assembly Chr Location
RS_2023_10 current GRCh38.p14 (GCF_000001405.40) 17 NC_000017.11 (39668019..39670475)
RS_2023_10 current T2T-CHM13v2.0 (GCF_009914755.1) 17 NC_060941.1 (40531584..40534040)
105.20220307 previous assembly GRCh37.p13 (GCF_000001405.25) 17 NC_000017.10 (37824272..37826728)

Chromosome 17 - NC_000017.11Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene uncharacterized LOC124903998 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 8460 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 12100 Neighboring gene StAR related lipid transfer domain containing 3 Neighboring gene H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr17:37810255-37810816 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr17:37814469-37815344 Neighboring gene H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr17:37822021-37822758 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr17:37822759-37823496 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 8461 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 12101 Neighboring gene VISTA enhancer hs1769 Neighboring gene titin-cap Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr17:37835782-37836282 Neighboring gene post-GPI attachment to proteins phospholipase 3 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 12103 Neighboring gene OCT4-NANOG-H3K27ac hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr17:37845149-37846109 Neighboring gene Sharpr-MPRA regulatory region 353 Neighboring gene erb-b2 receptor tyrosine kinase 2 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr17:37857299-37857800 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr17:37857801-37858300 Neighboring gene H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr17:37861047-37861919 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr17:37882556-37883528 Neighboring gene microRNA 4728

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

Expression

  • Project title: HPA RNA-seq normal tissues
  • Description: RNA-seq was performed of tissue samples from 95 human individuals representing 27 different tissues in order to determine tissue-specificity of all protein-coding genes
  • BioProject: PRJEB4337
  • Publication: PMID 24309898
  • Analysis date: Wed Apr 4 07:08:55 2018

Bibliography

GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

What's a GeneRIF?

Phenotypes

EBI GWAS Catalog

Description
Meta-analysis identifies 29 additional ulcerative colitis risk loci, increasing the number of confirmed associations to 47.
EBI GWAS Catalog

Pathways from PubChem

Interactions

Products Interactant Other Gene Complex Source Pubs Description

General gene information

Markers

Clone Names

  • MGC34570

Gene Ontology Provided by GOA

Process Evidence Code Pubs
involved_in catecholamine biosynthetic process TAS
Traceable Author Statement
more info
 
involved_in epinephrine biosynthetic process IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in methylation IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
Component Evidence Code Pubs
is_active_in cytosol IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
located_in cytosol TAS
Traceable Author Statement
more info
 

General protein information

Preferred Names
phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase
Names
noradrenaline N-methyltransferase
phenylethanolamine N-methylase
NP_002677.1
XP_011523211.1
XP_054172493.1

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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RefSeqs maintained independently of Annotated Genomes

These reference sequences exist independently of genome builds. Explain

These reference sequences are curated independently of the genome annotation cycle, so their versions may not match the RefSeq versions in the current genome build. Identify version mismatches by comparing the version of the RefSeq in this section to the one reported in Genomic regions, transcripts, and products above.

Genomic

  1. NG_042278.1 RefSeqGene

    Range
    5473..7495
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mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. NM_002686.4NP_002677.1  phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_002677.1

    Status: REVIEWED

    Description
    Transcript Variant: This variant (1) encodes a functional protein.
    Source sequence(s)
    BC037246
    Consensus CDS
    CCDS11343.1
    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    P11086
    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    Q6FHD9
    Related
    ENSP00000269582.2, ENST00000269582.3
    Conserved Domains (1) summary
    pfam01234
    Location:14279
    NNMT_PNMT_TEMT; NNMT/PNMT/TEMT family

RNA

  1. NR_073461.2 RNA Sequence

    Status: REVIEWED

    Description
    Transcript Variant: This variant (2) has an alternate 5' exon, compared to variant 1. This variant is represented as non-coding because it lacks a large portion of the coding region, including the translational start codon, found in variant 1.
    Source sequence(s)
    BC037246, BG394800

RefSeqs of Annotated Genomes: GCF_000001405.40-RS_2023_10

The following sections contain reference sequences that belong to a specific genome build. Explain

Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

Genomic

  1. NC_000017.11 Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

    Range
    39668019..39670475
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mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. XM_011524909.3XP_011523211.1  phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase isoform X1

    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    A8MT87
    Related
    ENSP00000377791.1, ENST00000394246.1
    Conserved Domains (1) summary
    cl17173
    Location:1181
    AdoMet_MTases; S-adenosylmethionine-dependent methyltransferases (SAM or AdoMet-MTase), class I; AdoMet-MTases are enzymes that use S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM or AdoMet) as a substrate for methyltransfer, creating the product S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine (AdoHcy). ...

Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

Genomic

  1. NC_060941.1 Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

    Range
    40531584..40534040
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mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. XM_054316518.1XP_054172493.1  phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase isoform X1

    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    A8MT87