O-6-methylguanine-DNA Methyltransferase

O-6-methylguanine-DNA Methyltransferase

Identifiers Symbol MGMT External IDs OMIM: 156569 MGI: 96977 HomoloGene: 31089 GeneCards: MGMT Gene EC number 2.1.1.63

Gene Ontology
Molecular function • DNA binding
• methylated-DNA-
• calcium ion binding
• methyltransferase activity
• DNA-methyltransferase activity
Cellular component • nucleus
• nucleoplasm
Biological process • DNA ligation
• DNA repair
• DNA methylation
• DNA dealkylation involved in DNA repair
• response to toxic substance
• cellular response to oxidative stress
• response to drug
• regulation of cysteine-type endopeptidase activity involved in apoptotic process
• response to ethanol
• positive regulation of DNA repair
• response to folic acid
• negative regulation of cell death
• mammary gland epithelial cell differentiation
• cellular response to organic cyclic compound
• cellular response to ionizing radiation
Sources: Amigo / QuickGO
RNA expression pattern More reference expression data Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 4255 17314 Ensembl ENSG00000170430 ENSMUSG00000054612 UniProt P16455 P26187 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_002412 NM_008598 RefSeq (protein) NP_002403 NP_032624 Location (UCSC) Chr 10:
131.27 – 131.57 Mb Chr 7:
136.89 – 137.13 Mb PubMed search

O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MGMT gene.

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