Alternative titles; symbols
HGNC Approved Gene Symbol: ASMT
Cytogenetic location: Yp11.2 Genomic coordinates (GRCh38) : Y:1,615,059-1,643,081 (from NCBI)
Donohue et al. (1993) isolated a clone with sequence homology to bovine HIOMT from a human pineal cDNA library. Yi et al. (1993) determined that the gene is located in the pseudoautosomal region (Ypter-p11.2) close to DXYS17. See 300015 for a discussion of the X-linked copy of this gene.
Donohue, S. J., Roseboom, P. H., Illnerova, H., Weller, J. L., Klein, D. C. Human hydroxyindole-O-methyltransferase: presence of LINE-1 fragment in a cDNA clone and pineal mRNA. DNA Cell Biol. 12: 715-727, 1993. [PubMed: 8397829] [Full Text: https://doi.org/10.1089/dna.1993.12.715]
Yi, H., Donohue, S. J., Klein, D. C., McBride, O. W. Localization of the hydroxyindole-O-methyltransferase gene to the pseudoautosomal region: implications for mapping of psychiatric disorders. Hum. Molec. Genet. 2: 127-131, 1993. [PubMed: 8098975] [Full Text: https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/2.2.127]