| Accepted Name |
| Aralkylamine N-acetyltransferase.
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| Alternative Name(s) |
| AANAT. |
| Arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase. |
| Melatonin rhythm enzyme. |
| Serotonin acetylase. |
| Serotonin acetyltransferase. |
| Serotonin N-acetyltransferase. |
| Reaction catalysed |
| Acetyl-CoA + a 2-arylethylamine <=> CoA + an N-acetyl-2-arylethylamine |
| Comment(s) |
- Narrow specificity toward 2-arylethylamines, including serotonin
(5-hydroxytryptamine), tryptamine, 5-methoxytryptamine and
phenylethylamine.
- This is the penultimate enzyme in the production of melatonin
(5-methoxy-N-acetyltryptamine) and controls its synthesis (cf.
EC 2.1.1.4).
- Differs from EC 2.3.1.5.
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| Cross-references |
| BRENDA | 2.3.1.87 |
| EC2PDB | 2.3.1.87 |
| PRIAM enzyme-specific profiles | 2.3.1.87 |
| KEGG Ligand Database for Enzyme Nomenclature | 2.3.1.87 |
| IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature | 2.3.1.87 |
| IntEnz | 2.3.1.87 |
| MEDLINE | Find literature relating to 2.3.1.87 |
| MetaCyc | 2.3.1.87 |
| UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot |
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