Visfatin (NAMPT) Human Active Protein

This gene encodes a protein that catalyzes the condensation of nicotinamide with 5-phosphoribosyl-1-pyrophosphate to yield nicotinamide mononucleotide, one step in the biosynthesis of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide. The protein belongs to the nicotinic acid phosphoribosyltransferase (NAPRTase) family and is thought to be involved in many important biological processes, including metabolism, stress response and aging. This gene has a pseudogene on chromosome 10. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2011]

PBEF: an ubiquitous protein originally described as a cytokine which acts on early B-lineage precursor cells. Other reports indicate that PBEF is not a cytokine-like secreted protein but an intracellular protein associated with the cell cycle. Contains a catalytically active nicotinate phosphoribosyltransferase domain, an enzyme involved in nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) biosynthesis.

Protein type: EC 2.4.2.12; Transferase; Cofactor and Vitamin Metabolism - nicotinate and nicotinamide; Cytokine; Cell cycle regulation

Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 7q22.3

Cellular Component: extracellular space; cytosol; nucleus

Molecular Function: protein binding; protein homodimerization activity; cytokine activity; nicotinate-nucleotide diphosphorylase (carboxylating) activity; drug binding; nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase activity

Biological Process: circadian rhythm; vitamin metabolic process; positive regulation of smooth muscle cell proliferation; female pregnancy; signal transduction; response to organic cyclic substance; NAD biosynthetic process; cell-cell signaling; NAD metabolic process; nicotinamide metabolic process; positive regulation of cell proliferation; insulin receptor signaling pathway; positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter; circadian regulation of gene expression; water-soluble vitamin metabolic process; positive regulation of nitric-oxide synthase biosynthetic process