Phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase
| phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase | |||||||
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| Phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase monomer, Human | |||||||
| 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). It is also expressed in small groups of neurons in the human brain and in selected populations of cardiomyocytes.