Catechol O-Methyltransferase
"Catechol O-Methyltransferase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Enzyme that catalyzes the movement of a methyl group from S-adenosylmethionone to a catechol or a catecholamine.
| Descriptor ID |
D002394
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.913.555.500.250
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| Concept/Terms |
Catechol O-Methyltransferase- Catechol O-Methyltransferase
- O-Methyltransferase, Catechol
- Catechol-O-Methyltransferase
- Catechol O Methyltransferase
- Catechol Methyltransferase
- Methyltransferase, Catechol
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Catechol O-Methyltransferase" by people in Profiles.
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Early-Life Adversity and Blunted Stress Reactivity as Predictors of Alcohol and Drug use in Persons With COMT (rs4680) Val158Met Genotypes. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2019 07; 43(7):1519-1527.
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Joint Impact of Early Life Adversity and COMT Val158Met (rs4680) Genotypes on the Adult Cortisol Response to Psychological Stress. Psychosom Med. 2017 Jul/Aug; 79(6):631-637.
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Age-specific association of steroid hormone pathway gene polymorphisms with breast cancer risk. Cancer. 2007 May 15; 109(10):1940-8.
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The effects of ricin on the sympathetic vascular neuroeffector system of the rabbit. J Biochem Toxicol. 1994 Aug; 9(4):219-23.
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Regulation of ovarian function by catecholestrogens: current concepts. J Steroid Biochem. 1989 Oct; 33(4A):489-501.
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2-Hydroxyestradiol modulates a facilitative action of catecholamines on porcine granulosa cells. Endocrinology. 1987 Jun; 120(6):2375-82.
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Metabolism of [3H]2-hydroxyestradiol by cultured porcine granulosa cells: evidence for the presence of a catechol-O-methyltransferase pathway and a direct stimulatory effect of 2-methoxyestradiol on progesterone production. Biol Reprod. 1987 Apr; 36(3):562-71.