{"symbol":"NMRK1","synonyms":["NRK1","BA235O14.2","C9ORF95"],"name":"nicotinamide riboside kinase 1","description":"Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) is essential for life in all organisms, both as a coenzyme for oxidoreductases and as a source of ADP-ribosyl groups used in various reactions. Nicotinic acid and nicotinamide, collectively known as niacin, are the vitamin precursors of NAD+. Nicotinamide riboside kinases, such as NRK1, function to synthesize NAD+ through nicotinamide mononucleotide using nicotinamide riboside as the precursor (Bieganowski and Brenner, 2004 [PubMed 15137942]).[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008]","ncbiEntrezGeneId":54981,"ncbiEntrezGeneUrl":"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/54981","proteins":[{"symbol":"NRK1_HUMAN","href":"/api/1.0/protein/NRK1_HUMAN"}],"hgncRootFamilies":[]}