Aldehyde dehydrogenase 3 family, member A1

Aldehyde dehydrogenase 3 family, member A1
Identifiers
Symbols ALDH3A1; ALDH3; ALDHIII; MGC10406
External IDs OMIM100660 MGI1353451 HomoloGene20175 GeneCards: ALDH3A1 Gene
EC number 1.2.1.5
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 218 11670
Ensembl ENSG00000108602 ENSMUSG00000019102
UniProt P30838 Q3UNF5
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_000691.4 NM_007436
RefSeq (protein) NP_000682.3 NP_031462
Location (UCSC) Chr 17:
19.64 – 19.65 Mb
Chr 11:
61.02 – 61.03 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Aldehyde dehydrogenase, dimeric NADP-preferring is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ALDH3A1 gene.[1][2][3]

Aldehyde dehydrogenases oxidize various aldehydes to the corresponding acids. They are involved in the detoxification of alcohol-derived acetaldehyde and in the metabolism of corticosteroids, biogenic amines, neurotransmitters, and lipid peroxidation. The enzyme encoded by this gene forms a cytoplasmic homodimer that preferentially oxidizes aromatic aldehyde substrates. The gene is located within the Smith-Magenis syndrome region on chromosome 17.[3]

ALDH3A1 expression is notably high in the cornea of mammalian species, comprising from 5 to 50% of soluble protein content, but is almost absent from the cornea of other vertebrates.[4]

References

  1. ^ Hiraoka LR, Hsu L, Hsieh CL (Jul 1995). "Assignment of ALDH3 to human chromosome 17p11.2 and ALDH5 to human chromosome 9p13". Genomics 25 (1): 323–5. doi:10.1016/0888-7543(95)80150-K. PMID 7774944. 
  2. ^ Hsu LC, Chang WC, Shibuya A, Yoshida A (Mar 1992). "Human stomach aldehyde dehydrogenase cDNA and genomic cloning, primary structure, and expression in Escherichia coli". J Biol Chem 267 (5): 3030–7. PMID 1737758. 
  3. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: ALDH3A1 aldehyde dehydrogenase 3 family, memberA1". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=218. 
  4. ^ Estey T, Piatigorsky J, Lassen N, Vasiliou V (January 2007). "ALDH3A1: a corneal crystallin with diverse functions". Exp. Eye Res. 84 (1): 3–12. doi:10.1016/j.exer.2006.04.010. PMID 16797007. http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0014-4835(06)00220-X. 

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