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Facts about Thiopurine S-methyltransferase.
A natural substrate for this enzyme has not yet been identified. .
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | TPMT |
| Uniprot: | P51580 |
| Entrez: | 7172 |

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

EC 2.1.1.67; S-adenosyl-L-methionine:thiopurine S-methyltransferase; Thiopurine methyltransferase; thiopurine S-methyltransferase
Mass (kDA):
28.18 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 6p22.3 |
| Sequence: | 6; NC_000006.12 (18128311..18155169, complement) |
Cytoplasm.




PMID: 8316220 by Honchel R., et al. Human thiopurine methyltransferase: molecular cloning and expression of T84 colon carcinoma cell cDNA.
PMID: 7628307 by Lee D., et al. Thiopurine methyltransferase pharmacogenetics. Cloning of human liver cDNA and a processed pseudogene on human chromosome 18q21.1.