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PAM peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase

Gene ID: 5066, updated on 2-Nov-2024
Gene type: protein coding
Also known as: PAL; PHM; PAM-1

Summary

This gene encodes a multifunctional protein. The encoded preproprotein is proteolytically processed to generate the mature enzyme. This enzyme includes two domains with distinct catalytic activities, a peptidylglycine alpha-hydroxylating monooxygenase (PHM) domain and a peptidyl-alpha-hydroxyglycine alpha-amidating lyase (PAL) domain. These catalytic domains work sequentially to catalyze the conversion of neuroendocrine peptides to active alpha-amidated products. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants, at least one of which encodes an isoform that is proteolytically processed. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2016]

Genomic context

Location:
5q21.1
Sequence:
Chromosome: 5; NC_000005.10 (102754783..103031105)
Total number of exons:
29

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