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Gene entry

PEMT

phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase

Chromosome
17
Cytoband
17p11.2
Variants (rsID)
21

PEMT is a protein-coding gene, meaning the body reads it as instructions to build a protein, located on chromosome 17 (region 17p11.2). Its official name is “phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase”. The reference table lists 21 variants (rsID) for this gene.

Clinically classified variants

1 reference-table entries with clinical significance.

  • rs7946Not classifiedmissense_variantNon-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease|Fatty Liver Disease|Liver Disease|Body Mass Index Quantitative Trait Locus 11|Body Mass Index Quantitative Trait Locus 18|Body Mass Index Quantitative Trait Locus 19|Body Mass Index Quantitative Trait Locus 10|Body Mass Index Quantitative Trait Locus 7|Body Mass Index Quantitative Trait Locus 4|Body Mass Index Quantitative Trait Locus 12|Neural Tube Defects|Body Mass Index Quantitative Trait Locus 14|Body Mass Index Quantitative Trait Locus 9|Body Mass Index Quantitative Trait Locus 8|Lipid Metabolism Disorder|Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis|Choline Deficiency Disease

Other listed variants

Public references

Data from the institutional reference table and public NCBI annotation. For education only; not a substitute for medical or genetic counselling.