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GeneQ14911536· pop 6· linked from 293 articles

Also known as PEAMT, PEMPT, PEMT2, PNMT, phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase, PLMT

protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

Gene data

PEMT
Name
phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase
Type
protein-coding
Aliases
PEAMT, PEMPT, PEMT2, PLMT

Phosphatidylcholine (PC) is the most abundant mammalian phospholipid. This gene encodes an enzyme which converts phosphatidylethanolamine to phosphatidylcholine by sequential methylation in the liver. Another distinct synthetic pathway in nucleated cells converts intracellular choline to phosphatidylcholine by a three-step process. The protein isoforms encoded by this gene localize to the endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria-associated membranes. Alternate splicing of this gene results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, May 2012].

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phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase

Symbol
PEMT
Biotype
Protein coding
Organism
Homo sapiens
Location
17:17,505,559-17,592,105
Strand
Reverse (−)
Assembly
GRCh38
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HomoloGene ID
6291
genomic end
17495022
genomic start
17408877
cytogenetic location
17p11.2
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