Phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase

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phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase
phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase
	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.

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