Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables nicotinamide N-methyltransferase activity. Involved in nicotinamide metabolic process; positive regulation of gluconeogenesis; and positive regulation of protein deacetylation. Acts upstream of or within methylation. Located in cytosol. Is expressed in brown fat. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in abdominal aortic aneurysm. Orthologous to human NNMT (nicotinamide N-methyltransferase).