Description
N-Acetyltryptamine is a structural analog of 5-methoxy-N-acetyltryptamine which acts as a melatonin receptor antagonist in chicken retina and frog skin, and as a partial agonist in rabbit retina. It is a reaction product of assays for serotonin N-acetyltransferase and is used for determination of serotonin N-acetyl transferase. It binds to the melatonin MT2 receptor with Ki value of 41 nM