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Facts about Methylated-DNA--protein-cysteine methyltransferase.
This is a suicide reaction: the enzyme is irreversibly inactivated. .
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | MGMT |
| Uniprot: | P16455 |
| Entrez: | 4255 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| MGMT family |

6-O-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase; EC 2.1.1.63; methylated-DNA--protein-cysteine methyltransferase; methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase; MGMT; O-6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase; O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase; O-6-methylguanine-DNA-alkyltransferase
Mass (kDA):
21.646 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 10q26.3 |
| Sequence: | 10; NC_000010.11 (129467241..129770983) |
Nucleus.





PMID: 2405387 by Tano K., et al. Isolation and structural characterization of a cDNA clone encoding the human DNA repair protein for O6-alkylguanine.
PMID: 2188979 by Rydberg B., et al. cDNA cloning and chromosomal assignment of the human O6- methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase. cDNA expression in Escherichia coli and gene expression in human cells.
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