 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.
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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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| 1982 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2012 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2013 | 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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Campbell D, Bick J, Yrigollen CM, Lee M, Joseph A, Chang JT, Grigorenko EL. Schooling and variation in the COMT gene: the devil is in the details. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2013 Oct; 54(10):1056-65.
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Landi N, Frost SJ, Mencl WE, Preston JL, Jacobsen LK, Lee M, Yrigollen C, Pugh KR, Grigorenko EL. The COMT Val/Met polymorphism is associated with reading-related skills and consistent patterns of functional neural activation. Dev Sci. 2013 Jan; 16(1):13-23.
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Shehzad Z, DeYoung CG, Kang Y, Grigorenko EL, Gray JR. Interaction of COMT val158met and externalizing behavior: relation to prefrontal brain activity and behavioral performance. Neuroimage. 2012 May 01; 60(4):2158-68.
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Haeffel GJ, Eastman M, Grigorenko EL. Using a cognitive endophenotype to identify risk genes for depression. Neurosci Lett. 2012 Feb 21; 510(1):10-3.
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Grigorenko EL, De Young CG, Eastman M, Getchell M, Haeffel GJ, Klinteberg Ba, Koposov RA, Oreland L, Pakstis AJ, Ponomarev OA, Ruchkin VV, Singh JP, Yrigollen CM. Aggressive behavior, related conduct problems, and variation in genes affecting dopamine turnover. Aggress Behav. 2010 May-Jun; 36(3):158-76.
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DeYoung CG, Getchell M, Koposov RA, Yrigollen CM, Haeffel GJ, af Klinteberg B, Oreland L, Ruchkin VV, Pakstis AJ, Grigorenko EL. Variation in the catechol-O-methyltransferase Val 158 Met polymorphism associated with conduct disorder and ADHD symptoms, among adolescent male delinquents. Psychiatr Genet. 2010 Feb; 20(1):20-4.
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Guo S, Chen DF, Zhou DF, Sun HQ, Wu GY, Haile CN, Kosten TA, Kosten TR, Zhang XY. Association of functional catechol O-methyl transferase (COMT) Val108Met polymorphism with smoking severity and age of smoking initiation in Chinese male smokers. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2007 Mar; 190(4):449-56.
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Grigorenko EL, Deyoung CG, Getchell M, Haeffel GJ, Klinteberg BA, Koposov RA, Oreland L, Pakstis AJ, Ruchkin VV, Yrigollen CM. Exploring interactive effects of genes and environments in etiology of individual differences in reading comprehension. Dev Psychopathol. 2007; 19(4):1089-103.
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Palmatier MA, Pakstis AJ, Speed W, Paschou P, Goldman D, Odunsi A, Okonofua F, Kajuna S, Karoma N, Kungulilo S, Grigorenko E, Zhukova OV, Bonne-Tamir B, Lu RB, Parnas J, Kidd JR, DeMille MM, Kidd KK. COMT haplotypes suggest P2 promoter region relevance for schizophrenia. Mol Psychiatry. 2004 Sep; 9(9):859-70.
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DeMille MM, Kidd JR, Ruggeri V, Palmatier MA, Goldman D, Odunsi A, Okonofua F, Grigorenko E, Schulz LO, Bonne-Tamir B, Lu RB, Parnas J, Pakstis AJ, Kidd KK. Population variation in linkage disequilibrium across the COMT gene considering promoter region and coding region variation. Hum Genet. 2002 Dec; 111(6):521-37.
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