Preferred Label : nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase, rat;
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 : PDEF protein, rat; visfatin protein, rat; pre-B-cell colony-enhancing factor, rat; NAmPRTase, rat; NAMPT protein, rat;
Registry Number MeSH : EC 2.4.2.12;
Is substance : O;
UNII : EC 2.4.2.12;
Origin ID : C504970;
UMLS CUI : C1612255;
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