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2.1.1.2: guanidinoacetate N-methyltransferase

This is an abbreviated version!
For detailed information about guanidinoacetate N-methyltransferase, go to the full flat file.

Word Map on EC 2.1.1.2

Reaction

S-adenosyl-L-methionine
+
Guanidinoacetate
=
S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine
+
Creatine

Synonyms

GA methylpherase, GAA methyltransferase, GAMT, guanidinoacetate methyltransferase, guanidinoacetate N-methyltransferase, guanidinoacetate transmethylase, guanidoacetate methyltransferase, methionine-guanidinoacetic transmethylase, MIM 601240, N-guanidinoacetate methyltransferase, S-adenosyl-L-methionine:N-guanidinoacetate methyltransferase

ECTree

     2 Transferases
         2.1 Transferring one-carbon groups
             2.1.1 Methyltransferases
                2.1.1.2 guanidinoacetate N-methyltransferase

Expression

Expression on EC 2.1.1.2 - guanidinoacetate N-methyltransferase

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EXPRESSION
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
LITERATURE
both RNA and protein levels of GAMT are increased in a p53-dependent manner after various inducers of genotoxic stress (etoposide, H2O2, and gamma-irradiation), glucose deprivation induces GAMT in a p53-dependent manner, GAMT mRNA and protein are increased in several tissues of glucose-deprived p53 wild-type mice while remaining unchanged in the same tissues of p53 null mice
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GAMT induction in response to DNA damage is dependent upon p53, GAMT also shows p53-dependent induction in response to exogenously expressed p53 and genotoxic stress, metabolic stress induces GAMT expression to regulate creatine levels in a p53-dependent manner
GAMT mRNA expression is relatively low until 34 days gestation, in the fetal liver GAMT mRNA and protein expression are also relatively low until 34-37 days gestation, between mid-gestation and term neither GAMT mRNA nor protein can be detected in the placenta
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high expression in tumor cells
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no transcript of GAMT is detected from fertilized egg to blastula stage