Gene Symbol |
INMT
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Entrez Gene |
100008695
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Alt Symbol |
-
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Species |
Rabbit
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Gene Type |
protein-coding
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Description |
indolethylamine N-methyltransferase
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Other Description |
amine N-methyltransferase|aromatic alkylamine N-methyltransferase|arylamine N-methyltransferase|indolamine N-methyltransferase|thioether S-methyltransferase
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Swissprots |
O97972
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Accessions |
AAC97492 O97972 AF077826 AAC97491 GBCK01061938 NM_001082043 NP_001075512
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Function |
Catalyzes the N-methylation of tryptamine and structurally related compounds (By similarity). Functions as thioether S-methyltransferase and is active with a variety of thioethers and the corresponding selenium and tellurium compounds, including 3-methylthiopropionaldehyde, dimethyl selenide, dimethyl telluride, 2-methylthioethylamine, 2-methylthioethanol, methyl-n- propyl sulfide and diethyl sulfide. Plays an important role in the detoxification of selenium compounds (By similarity). {ECO:0000250}.
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Subcellular Location |
Cytoplasm.
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Tissue Specificity |
Highly expressed in lung, also detected in liver and at very low levels in brain.
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Top Pathways |
Tryptophan metabolism, Selenocompound metabolism
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