Protein Name nicotinamide riboside kinase 1
Organism Homo sapiens
Gene ID 54981
Gene Symbol

NMRK1

UniProt Q9NWW6 (NRK1_HUMAN), Q5W125 (Q5W125_HUMAN), B3KUG3 (B3KUG3_HUMAN)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 8
Total Number of Articles : 12
Description

nicotinamide riboside kinase 1

Gene Summary

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) is essential for life in all organisms, both as a coenzyme for oxidoreductases and as a source of ADP-ribosyl groups used in various reactions. Nicotinic acid and nicotinamide, collectively known as niacin, are the vitamin precursors of NAD+. Nicotinamide riboside kinases, such as NRK1, function to synthesize NAD+ through nicotinamide mononucleotide using nicotinamide riboside as the precursor (Bieganowski and Brenner, 2004 [PubMed 15137942]).[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008]

synonyms
  • nicotinamide riboside kinase 1
  • NRK 1
  • RNK 1
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Properties