arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase; pineal serotonin N-acetyltransferase; AA-NAT; serotonin acetylase (AANAT, SNAT)

Function

• catalyzes N-acetylation of serotonin into N-acetylserotonin
• conversion of serotonin to melatonin, penultimate step

Structure

• monomer (putative)
• belongs to the acetyltransferase family, AANAT subfamily
• contains 1 N-acetyltransferase domain

Expression

• expressed in pineal gland, retina

More general terms

• acetyltransferase

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/600950
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:15
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=15
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q16613.html