nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase, human

Preferred Label : nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase, human;

MeSH note : a 52 kDa protein; a growth factor for early B-LYMPHOCYTES; later identified to be nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase, an enzyme that catalyzes the condensation of nicotinamide with 5-phosphoribosyl-1-pyrophosphate yielding nicotinamide mononucleotide, the rate limiting step in the biosynthesis of coenzyme NAD;

MeSH synonym : NAmPRTase, human; pre-B-cell colony-enhancing factor, human; NAMPT protein, human; visfatin, human; PBEF, human; PBEF1 protein, human;

Registry Number MeSH : EC 2.4.2.12;

Is substance : O;

UNII : EC 2.4.2.12;

Details

Origin ID

C085455;

UMLS CUI

C1571622;

MeSH term(s) associated for indexing
- cytokines [MeSH Descriptor]
- nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase [MeSH Descriptor]
Record concept(s)
- nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase, human [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Amino Acid, Peptide, or Protein [UMLS semantic type]
- Enzyme [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Nicotinamide Phosphoribosyltransferase [NCIt concept]

Keyword's position in hierarchy(ies) :

You can consult :

recommendations
documents concerning education
documents for patients