Die folgenden Gennamen und Gensymbole werden für Antigen Catechol-O-Methyltransferase über verschiedene Spezies hinweg verwendet:

catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT), catechol-O-methyltransferase 1 (Comt1), catechol-O-methyltransferase (Comt), catechol-O-methyltransferase (comt), catechol-O-methyltransferase (comt.2), catechol-o-methyltransferase (Rv1703c), catechol-o-methyltransferase (Mb1729c)

Zu den weiteren Synonymen zählen:

Comt, D16Wsu103e, D330014B15Rik, COMT, mb-comt, s-comt, MGC140449, comt, MGC154444

Auf Proteinebene tauchen folgende Bezeichner für Antigen Catechol-O-Methyltransferase auf:

catechol-O-methyltransferase – OTTHUMP00000197749 – OTTHUMP00000197750 – OTTMUSP00000031924 – OTTMUSP00000031925 – catecholamine-O-methyltransferase – O-methyltransferase – catechol O-methyltransferase – catechol-o-methyltransferase – catechol O-methyltransferase, soluble form – catechol O-methyltransferase, membrane-bound form

Catechol-O-Methyltransferase erfüllt eine Reihe von Funktionen:

catechol O-methyltransferase activity – magnesium ion binding – protein binding – transferase activity – O-methyltransferase activity – metal ion binding – methyltransferase activity

Catechol-O-Methyltransferase spielt in den folgenden Prozessen eine Rolle:

catecholamine metabolic process – dopamine catabolic process – neurotransmitter catabolic process – S-adenosylhomocysteine metabolic process – S-adenosylmethionine metabolic process – dopamine metabolic process – estrogen metabolic process – female pregnancy – learning – negative regulation of dopamine metabolic process – negative regulation of smooth muscle cell proliferation – positive regulation of homocysteine metabolic process – reproductive process in a multicellular organism – response to drug – response to lipopolysaccharide – response to organic cyclic substance – response to pain

Catechol-O-Methyltransferase ist wie folgt lokalisiert:

cytoplasm – cytosol – external side of plasma membrane – integral to membrane – microsome – plasma membrane – soluble fraction – membrane – mitochondrion – membrane fraction

Quelle: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology