Abstract
Nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (Nampt) synthesizes nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) from nicotinamide in a mammalian NAD+ biosynthetic pathway and is required for SirT1 activity in vivo. Nampt has also been presumed to be a cytokine (PBEF) or a hormone (visfatin). The crystal structure of Nampt in the presence and absence of NMN shows that Nampt is a dimeric type II phosphoribosyltransferase and provides insights into the enzymatic mechanism.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 661-662 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Nature Structural and Molecular Biology |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 2006 |
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