NMT2

Human N-myristoyltransferase 2
File:4c2x Human N-myristoyltransferase isoform 2 NMT2.png Human N-myristoyltransferase isoform 2 (NMT2) (based on PDB: 4c2x)
Identifiers
Symbol	NMT2
Pfam	PF01233.14
InterPro	IPR022676
Available protein structures: Pfam structures PDB RCSB PDB; PDBe; PDBj PDBsum structure summary

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External IDs	GeneCards: [1]
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Species	Human	Mouse
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Wikidata
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Glycylpeptide N-tetradecanoyltransferase 2 known also as N-myristoyltransferase, is an enzyme (EC: 2.3.1.97) that in humans is encoded by the NMT2 gene.

Function

N-myristoyltransferase (NMT) catalyzes the reaction of N-terminal myristoylation of many signaling proteins. It transfers myristic acid from myristoyl coenzyme A to the amino group of a protein's N-terminal glycine residue. Biochemical evidence indicates the presence of several distinct NMTs, varying in apparent molecular weight and /or subcellular distribution. The 496-amino acid of human NMT2 protein shares 77% and 96% sequence identity with human NMT1 and mouse Nmt2 comprise two distinct families of N-myristoyltransferases.

Interactions

NMT2 has been shown to interact with:

• caspase 3
• MARCKS

See also

• N-myristoyltransferase 1

Further reading

• Kolluri SK, Balduf C, Hofmann M, Göttlicher M (2002). "Novel target genes of the Ah (dioxin) receptor: transcriptional induction of N-myristoyltransferase 2". Cancer Res. 61 (23): 8534–9. PMID 11731439.
• Wright MH, Clough B, Rackham MD, Rangachari K, Brannigan JA, Grainger M, Moss DK, Bottrill AR, Heal WP, Broncel M, Serwa RA, Brady D, Mann DJ, Leatherbarrow RJ, Tewari R, Wilkinson AJ, Holder AA, Tate EW (2014). "Validation of N-myristoyltransferase as an antimalarial drug target using an integrated chemical biology approach". Nat Chem. 6 (2): 112–21. doi:10.1038/nchem.1830. PMC 4739506. PMID 24451586.