Identification
HMDB Protein ID CDBP00078
Secondary Accession Numbers Not Available
Name Phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase
Description Not Available
Synonyms
  1. PEAMT
  2. PEMT
  3. PEMT2
Gene Name PEMT
Protein Type Enzyme
Biological Properties
General Function Involved in N-methyltransferase activity
Specific Function Catalyzes three sequential methylation reactions of phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) by AdoMet, thereby producing phosphatidylcholine (PC).
GO Classification
Biological Process
response to amino acid stimulus
cell proliferation
S-adenosylhomocysteine metabolic process
phosphatidylcholine biosynthetic process
response to drug
response to ethanol
S-adenosylmethionine metabolic process
response to vitamin
negative regulation of cell proliferation
positive regulation of lipoprotein metabolic process
Cellular Component
brush border membrane
integral to membrane
sarcolemma
endoplasmic reticulum membrane
mitochondrial membrane
Function
catalytic activity
transferase activity
transferase activity, transferring one-carbon groups
methyltransferase activity
n-methyltransferase activity
Molecular Function
phosphatidyl-N-dimethylethanolamine N-methyltransferase activity
phosphatidyl-N-methylethanolamine N-methyltransferase activity
phosphatidylethanolamine binding
phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase activity
Process
metabolic process
organophosphate metabolic process
phospholipid metabolic process
Cellular Location
  1. Multi-pass membrane protein (Potential)
  2. Multi-pass membrane protein (Potential)
  3. Endoplasmic reticulum membrane
  4. Mitochondrion membrane
Pathways
Gene Properties
Chromosome Location 17
Locus 17p11.2
SNPs PEMT
Gene Sequence
>600 bp
ATGACCCGGCTGCTGGGCTACGTGGACCCCCTGGATCCCAGCTTTGTGGCTGCCGTCATC
ACCATCACCTTCAATCCGCTCTACTGGAATGTGGTTGCACGATGGGAACACAAGACCCGC
AAGCTGAGCAGGGCCTTCGGATCCCCCTACCTGGCCTGCTACTCTCTAAGCATCACCATC
CTGCTCCTGAACTTCCTGCGCTCGCACTGCTTCACGCAGGCCATGCTGAGCCAGCCCAGG
ATGGAGAGCCTGGACACCCCCGCGGCCTACAGCCTGGGCCTCGCGCTCCTGGGACTGGGC
GTCGTGCTCGTGCTCTCCAGCTTCTTTGCACTGGGGTTCGCTGGAACTTTCCTAGGTGAT
TACTTCGGGATCCTCAAGGAGGCGAGAGTGACCGTGTTCCCCTTCAACATCCTGGACAAC
CCCATGTACTGGGGAAGCACAGCCAACTACCTGGGCTGGGCCATCATGCACGCCAGCCCC
ACGGGCCTGCTCCTGACGGTGCTGGTGGCCCTCACCTACATAATGGCTCTCCTATACGAA
GAGCCCTTCACCGCTGAGATCTACCGGCAGAAAGCCTCCGGGTCCCACAAGAGGAGCTGA
Protein Properties
Number of Residues 199
Molecular Weight 23697.395
Theoretical pI 8.574
Pfam Domain Function
Signals Not Available
Transmembrane Regions Not Available
Protein Sequence
>Phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase
MTRLLGYVDPLDPSFVAAVITITFNPLYWNVVARWEHKTRKLSRAFGSPYLACYSLSVTI
LLLNFLRSHCFTQAMLSQPRMESLDTPAAYSLGLALLGLGVVLVLSSFFALGFAGTFLGD
YFGILKEARVTVFPFNILDNPMYWGSTANYLGWAIMHASPTGLLLTVLVALTYIVALLYE
EPFTAEIYRQKASGSHKRS
GenBank ID Protein 5459516
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot ID Q9UBM1
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Entry Name PEMT_HUMAN
PDB IDs Not Available
GenBank Gene ID AB029821
GeneCard ID PEMT
GenAtlas ID PEMT
HGNC ID HGNC:8830
References
General References Not Available