GNMT Recombinant Protein

Source : Escherichia Coli. GNMT Human Recombinant fused with 20 amino acid His-Tag tag at N-terminus produced in E.Coli is a single, non-glycosylated, polypeptide chain containing a total of 315 amino acids (1-295 a.a.) and having a molecular mass of 34.9 kDa.The GNMT is purified by proprietary chromatographic techniques. GNMT is an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of S-adenosyl-L-methionine with glycine to S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine and sarcosine. GNMT is located in the cytoplasm and acts as a homotetramer. Defects in the GNMT gene causes of GNMT deficiency (hypermethioninemia) . GNMT affects DNA methylation by regulating the ratio of S-adenosylmethionine to S-adenosylhomocystine and is involved in the detoxification pathway in liver cells. GNMT expression is diminished in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) . GNMT catalyzes the methylation of glycine by using s- adenosylmethionine (adomet) to form n-methylglycine (sarcosine) with the concomitant production of s-adenosylhomocysteine (adohcy) . GNMT plays an essential role in the regulation of tissue concentration of adomet and of metabolism of methionine.