title: Fluorometric assay of nicotinamide methyltransferase with a new substrate, 4-methylnicotinamide.
abstract: A fluorometric method for the assay of nicotinamide methyltransferase has been established using rat liver 9000 x g supernatant fluid as a model enzyme preparation. 1,4-Dimethylnicotinamide formed enzymatically from a new substrate, 4-methylnicotinamide, is quantified by means of its fluorescence reaction with 4-methoxybenzaldehyde in aqueous alkali. The lower limit of determination of 1,4-dimethylnicotinamide is 100 pmol in the enzymatic reaction mixture. The apparent Km values for 4-methylnicotinamide and for nicotinamide, which is a known substrate for this enzyme, were 0.19 and 0.13 mM, respectively, whereas the relative activity of 4-methylnicotinamide as a methyl acceptor was about 1.5 times the value of nicotinamide.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sano
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takimoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takitani
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D008297:Male; D008780:Methyltransferases / Q000032:analysis*; D009536:Niacinamide / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism; D050903:Nicotinamide N-Methyltransferase; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
chemical_list: D009536:Niacinamide; C063648:4-methylnicotinamide; D008780:Methyltransferases; D050903:Nicotinamide N-Methyltransferase