N-methylhistamine

Introduction

Produced by methyl transfer from S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) to histamine in a reaction catalyzed by histamine N-methyltransferase. S-adenosylhomocysteine is also produced in the reaction.

More general terms

• amine
• imidazole; glyoxaline; 1,3-diazole; iminazole

Additional terms

• histamine
• histamine N-methyltransferase (HNMT)
• S-adenosyl methionine (AdoMet, SAM, ademetionine)
• S-adenosylhomocysteine

Database

• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=912