General Information of Drug Therapeutic Target (DTT) (ID: TT735V2)

DTT Name Phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase (PEMT)
Synonyms PEMT2; PEAMT
Gene Name PEMT
DTT Type
Literature-reported target
[1]
BioChemical Class
Methyltransferase
UniProt ID
PEMT_HUMAN
TTD ID
T66206
3D Structure
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2D Sequence (FASTA)
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3D Structure (PDB)
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EC Number
EC 2.1.1.17
Sequence
MTRLLGYVDPLDPSFVAAVITITFNPLYWNVVARWEHKTRKLSRAFGSPYLACYSLSVTI
LLLNFLRSHCFTQAMLSQPRMESLDTPAAYSLGLALLGLGVVLVLSSFFALGFAGTFLGD
YFGILKEARVTVFPFNILDNPMYWGSTANYLGWAIMHASPTGLLLTVLVALTYIVALLYE
EPFTAEIYRQKASGSHKRS
Function Catalyzes three sequential methylation of phosphatidylethanolamine (pe) by adomet, thus producing phosphatidylcholine (pc).
KEGG Pathway
Glycerophospholipid metabolism (hsa00564 )
Metabolic pathways (hsa01100 )
Reactome Pathway
Synthesis of PC (R-HSA-1483191 )

References

1 Circulating, imaging, and genetic biomarkers in cardiovascular risk prediction. Trends Cardiovasc Med. 2011 May;21(4):105-12.