EC |
2.1.1.8 |
Accepted name: |
histamine N-methyltransferase |
Reaction: |
S-adenosyl-L-methionine + histamine = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + Nτ-methylhistamine |
Other name(s): |
histamine 1-methyltransferase; histamine methyltransferase; histamine-methylating enzyme; imidazolemethyltransferase; S-adenosylmethionine-histamine N-methyltransferase |
Systematic name: |
S-adenosyl-L-methionine:histamine N-tele-methyltransferase |
Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, Gene, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9029-80-5 |
References: |
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Brown, D.D., Tomchick, R. and Axelrod, J. The distribution and properties of a histamine-methylating enzyme. J. Biol. Chem. 234 (1959) 2948–2950. [PMID: 13804910] |
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[EC 2.1.1.8 created 1965] |
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