5-Amino-1MQ

A small-molecule NNMT inhibitor that appears in metabolic and cellular-energy research literature.

5-Amino-1MQ (5-amino-1-methylquinolinium) is a small-molecule research compound characterized in the literature as an inhibitor of the enzyme nicotinamide N-methyltransferase (NNMT). As a research material it is handled as a defined small molecule and has been the subject of research examining NNMT activity and cellular metabolic pathways. This page is background about the molecule and is not medical guidance or intended for human use.

Classification and structure

5-Amino-1MQ is classified as a small molecule, structurally a substituted quinolinium compound rather than a peptide. It is studied for its interaction with the NNMT enzyme in research systems. It is supplied strictly as a research material.

Areas of research

In the published literature, 5-Amino-1MQ appears most often in the following research areas.

• NNMT enzyme research — Investigated in models examining inhibition of nicotinamide N-methyltransferase.
• Cellular-energy metabolism — Appears in the literature on NAD-related and cellular-energy pathway models.
• Adipocyte metabolic models — Studied in research examining adipocyte metabolic pathways.

As always in this library, describing a compound as “studied in” an area is a statement about where scientific attention has gone — not a claim that it produces any result in humans or animals.

Handling and verification

This small-molecule powder is generally stored cool and dry, away from light and moisture, in the laboratory setting. Every in-stock lot ships with a third-party certificate of analysis that can be verified by its lot number.