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Facts about Histamine N-methyltransferase.
Inactivates histamine by N-methylation.
Plays an important role in degrading histamine and in regulating the airway response to histamine..
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | HNMT |
| Uniprot: | P50135 |
| Entrez: | 3176 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| class I-like SAM-binding methyltransferase superfamily |

EC 2.1.1.8; Histamine NMethyltransferase; Histamine N-Methyltransferase; HMT; HNMT; HNMT-S1; HNMT-S2
Mass (kDA):
33.295 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 2q22.1 |
| Sequence: | 2; NC_000002.12 (137964068..138016364) |
Cytoplasm.




PMID: 7943261 by Yamauchi K., et al. Structure and function of human histamine N-methyltransferase: critical enzyme in histamine metabolism in airway.
PMID: 8145732 by Girard B., et al. Human histamine N-methyltransferase pharmacogenetics: cloning and expression of kidney cDNA.