title: Human nicotinamide N-methyltransferase gene: molecular cloning, structural characterization and chromosomal localization.
abstract: Genomic DNA clones for nicotinamide N-methyltransferase (NNMT), an enzyme that catalyzes drug and xenobiotic metabolism, were isolated from a human chromosome 11-specific DNA library. Study of one of those clones, when combined with PCR-based experiments performed with human genomic DNA, made it possible to determine the structure of the human NNMT gene. The gene was approximately 16.5 kb in length and consisted of 3 exons and 2 introns. Transcription initiation for the NNMT gene occurred 105-109 nucleotides 5'-upstream from the cDNA translation initiation codon on the basis of the results of both primer extension and 5'-rapid amplification of cDNA ends. NNMT mapped to chromosome band 11q23.1 by fluorescence in situ hybridization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Mayo Medical School/Mayo Clinic/Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aksoy
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Brandriff
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Little
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Weinshilboum
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002417:Cattle; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002880:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003062:Codon; D017931:DNA Primers; D005091:Exons; D015723:Gene Library; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D007438:Introns; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D008780:Methyltransferases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D050903:Nicotinamide N-Methyltransferase; D016376:Oligonucleotides, Antisense; D010442:Peptide Chain Initiation, Translational; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D051381:Rats; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D003062:Codon; D017931:DNA Primers; D016376:Oligonucleotides, Antisense; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D008780:Methyltransferases; C494406:NNMT protein, human; D050903:Nicotinamide N-Methyltransferase; C494407:Nnmt protein, mouse