Phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase

Details

Name
Phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase
Synonyms
  • 2.1.1.28
  • Noradrenaline N-methyltransferase
  • PENT
  • PNMTase
Gene Name
PNMT
Organism
Humans
Amino acid sequence
>lcl|BSEQ0016231|Phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase
MSGADRSPNAGAAPDSAPGQAAVASAYQRFEPRAYLRNNYAPPRGDLCNPNGVGPWKLRC
LAQTFATGEVSGRTLIDIGSGPTVYQLLSACSHFEDITMTDFLEVNRQELGRWLQEEPGA
FNWSMYSQHACLIEGKGECWQDKERQLRARVKRVLPIDVHQPQPLGAGSPAPLPADALVS
AFCLEAVSPDLASFQRALDHITTLLRPGGHLLLIGALEESWYLAGEARLTVVPVSEEEVR
EALVRSGYKVRDLRTYIMPAHLQTGVDDVKGVFFAWAQKVGL
Number of residues
282
Molecular Weight
30854.745
Theoretical pI
5.96
GO Classification
Functions
phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase activity
Processes
catecholamine biosynthetic process / cellular nitrogen compound metabolic process / epinephrine biosynthetic process / small molecule metabolic process
Components
cytosol
General Function
Phenylethanolamine n-methyltransferase activity
Specific Function
Converts noradrenaline to adrenaline.
Pfam Domain Function
Transmembrane Regions
Not Available
Cellular Location
Not Available
Gene sequence
>lcl|BSEQ0016232|Phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase (PNMT)
ATGAGCGGCGCAGACCGTAGCCCCAATGCGGGCGCAGCCCCTGACTCGGCCCCGGGCCAG
GCGGCGGTGGCTTCGGCCTACCAGCGCTTCGAGCCGCGCGCCTACCTCCGCAACAACTAC
GCGCCCCCTCGCGGGGACCTGTGCAACCCGAACGGCGTCGGGCCGTGGAAGCTGCGCTGC
TTGGCGCAGACCTTCGCCACCGGTGAAGTGTCCGGACGCACCCTCATCGACATTGGTTCA
GGCCCCACCGTGTACCAGCTGCTCAGTGCCTGCAGCCACTTTGAGGACATCACCATGACA
GATTTCCTGGAGGTCAACCGCCAGGAGCTGGGGCGCTGGCTGCAGGAGGAGCCGGGGGCC
TTCAACTGGAGCATGTACAGCCAACATGCCTGCCTCATTGAGGGCAAGGGGGAATGCTGG
CAGGATAAGGAGCGCCAGCTGCGAGCCAGGGTGAAACGGGTCCTGCCCATCGACGTGCAC
CAGCCCCAGCCCCTGGGTGCTGGGAGCCCAGCTCCCCTGCCTGCTGACGCCCTGGTCTCT
GCCTTCTGCTTGGAGGCTGTGAGCCCAGATCTTGCCAGCTTTCAGCGGGCCCTGGACCAC
ATCACCACGCTGCTGAGGCCTGGGGGGCACCTCCTCCTCATCGGGGCCCTGGAGGAGTCG
TGGTACCTGGCTGGGGAGGCCAGGCTGACGGTGGTGCCAGTGTCTGAGGAGGAGGTGAGG
GAGGCCCTGGTGCGTAGTGGCTACAAGGTCCGGGACCTCCGCACCTATATCATGCCTGCC
CACCTTCAGACAGGCGTAGATGATGTCAAGGGCGTCTTCTTCGCCTGGGCTCAGAAGGTT
GGGCTGTGA
Chromosome Location
17
Locus
17q21-q22
External Identifiers
ResourceLink
UniProtKB IDP11086
UniProtKB Entry NamePNMT_HUMAN
GenBank Protein ID190142
GenBank Gene IDJ03727
GenAtlas IDPNMT
HGNC IDHGNC:9160
General References
  1. Kaneda N, Ichinose H, Kobayashi K, Oka K, Kishi F, Nakazawa A, Kurosawa Y, Fujita K, Nagatsu T: Molecular cloning of cDNA and chromosomal assignment of the gene for human phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase, the enzyme for epinephrine biosynthesis. J Biol Chem. 1988 Jun 5;263(16):7672-7. [Article]
  2. Baetge EE, Behringer RR, Messing A, Brinster RL, Palmiter RD: Transgenic mice express the human phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase gene in adrenal medulla and retina. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1988 May;85(10):3648-52. [Article]
  3. Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA, Shenmen CM, Grouse LH, Schuler G, Klein SL, Old S, Rasooly R, Good P, Guyer M, Peck AM, Derge JG, Lipman D, Collins FS, Jang W, Sherry S, Feolo M, Misquitta L, Lee E, Rotmistrovsky K, Greenhut SF, Schaefer CF, Buetow K, Bonner TI, Haussler D, Kent J, Kiekhaus M, Furey T, Brent M, Prange C, Schreiber K, Shapiro N, Bhat NK, Hopkins RF, Hsie F, Driscoll T, Soares MB, Casavant TL, Scheetz TE, Brown-stein MJ, Usdin TB, Toshiyuki S, Carninci P, Piao Y, Dudekula DB, Ko MS, Kawakami K, Suzuki Y, Sugano S, Gruber CE, Smith MR, Simmons B, Moore T, Waterman R, Johnson SL, Ruan Y, Wei CL, Mathavan S, Gunaratne PH, Wu J, Garcia AM, Hulyk SW, Fuh E, Yuan Y, Sneed A, Kowis C, Hodgson A, Muzny DM, McPherson J, Gibbs RA, Fahey J, Helton E, Ketteman M, Madan A, Rodrigues S, Sanchez A, Whiting M, Madari A, Young AC, Wetherby KD, Granite SJ, Kwong PN, Brinkley CP, Pearson RL, Bouffard GG, Blakesly RW, Green ED, Dickson MC, Rodriguez AC, Grimwood J, Schmutz J, Myers RM, Butterfield YS, Griffith M, Griffith OL, Krzywinski MI, Liao N, Morin R, Palmquist D, Petrescu AS, Skalska U, Smailus DE, Stott JM, Schnerch A, Schein JE, Jones SJ, Holt RA, Baross A, Marra MA, Clifton S, Makowski KA, Bosak S, Malek J: The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC). Genome Res. 2004 Oct;14(10B):2121-7. [Article]
  4. Martin JL, Begun J, McLeish MJ, Caine JM, Grunewald GL: Getting the adrenaline going: crystal structure of the adrenaline-synthesizing enzyme PNMT. Structure. 2001 Oct;9(10):977-85. [Article]
  5. Gee CL, Tyndall JD, Grunewald GL, Wu Q, McLeish MJ, Martin JL: Mode of binding of methyl acceptor substrates to the adrenaline-synthesizing enzyme phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase: implications for catalysis. Biochemistry. 2005 Dec 27;44(51):16875-85. [Article]
  6. Grunewald GL, Seim MR, Regier RC, Martin JL, Gee CL, Drinkwater N, Criscione KR: Comparison of the binding of 3-fluoromethyl-7-sulfonyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolines with their isosteric sulfonamides to the active site of phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase. J Med Chem. 2006 Sep 7;49(18):5424-33. [Article]
  7. Gee CL, Drinkwater N, Tyndall JD, Grunewald GL, Wu Q, McLeish MJ, Martin JL: Enzyme adaptation to inhibitor binding: a cryptic binding site in phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase. J Med Chem. 2007 Oct 4;50(20):4845-53. Epub 2007 Sep 11. [Article]
  8. Ji Y, Salavaggione OE, Wang L, Adjei AA, Eckloff B, Wieben ED, Weinshilboum RM: Human phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase pharmacogenomics: gene re-sequencing and functional genomics. J Neurochem. 2005 Dec;95(6):1766-76. Epub 2005 Nov 8. [Article]

Drug Relations

Drug Relations
DrugBank IDNameDrug groupPharmacological action?ActionsDetails
DB01752S-adenosyl-L-homocysteineexperimentalunknownDetails
DB034681,2,3,4-Tetrahydro-Isoquinoline-7-Sulfonic Acid AmideexperimentalunknownDetails
DB038247-Iodo-1,2,3,4-Tetrahydro-IsoquinolineexperimentalunknownDetails
DB042738,9-Dichloro-2,3,4,5-Tetrahydro-1h-Benzo[C]AzepineexperimentalunknownDetails
DB07597CIS-(1R,2S)-2-AMINO-1,2,3,4-TETRAHYDRONAPHTHALEN-1-OLexperimentalunknownDetails
DB07739(3R)-3-(FLUOROMETHYL)-7-(THIOMORPHOLIN-4-YLSULFONYL)-1,2,3,4-TETRAHYDROISOQUINOLINEexperimentalunknownDetails
DB07747(3R)-N-(4-CHLOROPHENYL)-3-(HYDROXYMETHYL)-1,2,3,4-TETRAHYDROISOQUINOLINE-7-SULFONAMIDEexperimentalunknownDetails
DB07798(3R)-3-(FLUOROMETHYL)-N-(3,3,3-TRIFLUOROPROPYL)-1,2,3,4-TETRAHYDROISOQUINOLINE-7-SULFONAMIDEexperimentalunknownDetails
DB07906[(3R)-7-NITRO-1,2,3,4-TETRAHYDROISOQUINOLIN-3-YL]METHANOLexperimentalunknownDetails
DB08128(1S,4R,9S)-5-(trifluoromethyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1,4-methanonaphthalen-9-amineexperimentalunknownDetails
DB08129(1R)-2-amino-1-[3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]ethanolexperimentalunknownDetails
DB085507,8-Dichloro-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolineexperimentalunknownDetails
DB08631N-(4-CHLOROPHENYL)-1,2,3,4-TETRAHYDROISOQUINOLINE-7-SULFONAMIDEexperimentalunknownDetails
DB08654TRANS-(1S,2S)-2-AMINO-1,2,3,4-TETRAHYDRONAPHTHALEN-1-OLexperimentalunknownDetails
DB09571LevmetamfetamineapprovedunknownligandDetails
DB00968MethyldopaapprovednosubstrateDetails