ALDH3B2

Aldehyde dehydrogenase 3 family, member B2
Identifiers
Symbols ALDH3B2 ; ALDH8
External IDs OMIM: 601917 ChEMBL: 2811 GeneCards: ALDH3B2 Gene
EC number 1.2.1.5
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 222 n/a
Ensembl ENSG00000132746 n/a
UniProt P48448 n/a
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_000695 n/a
RefSeq (protein) NP_000686 n/a
Location (UCSC) Chr 11:
67.66 – 67.68 Mb
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PubMed search n/a

Aldehyde dehydrogenase family 3 member B2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ALDH3B2 gene.[1][2][3]

This gene encodes a member of the aldehyde dehydrogenase family, a group of isozymes that may play a major role in the detoxification of aldehydes generated by alcohol metabolism and lipid peroxidation. The gene of this particular family member is over 10 kb in length. The expression of these transcripts is restricted to the salivary gland among the human tissues examined. Alternate transcriptional splice variants have been characterized.[3]

References

  1. Hsu LC, Chang WC (Dec 1996). "Sequencing and expression of the human ALDH8 encoding a new member of the aldehyde dehydrogenase family". Gene 174 (2): 319–22. doi:10.1016/0378-1119(96)00087-X. PMID 8890755.
  2. Hsu LC, Chang WC, Yoshida A (Jun 1997). "Human aldehyde dehydrogenase genes, ALDH7 and ALDH8: genomic organization and gene structure comparison". Gene 189 (1): 89–94. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00839-6. PMID 9161417.
  3. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: ALDH3B2 aldehyde dehydrogenase 3 family, member B2".

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