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aldehyde dehydrogenase 3 family, member A1 (aldehyde dehydrogenase 3, acetaldehyde dehydrogenase 3, ALDH3A1, ALDH3)
Function:
- preferentially oxidizes aromatic aldehyde substrates
- oxidizes furfuraldehyde, but not acetaldehyde, formaldehyde, or pyruvic aldehyde
- may play a role in the oxidation of toxic aldehydes
- preference for NADP
an aldehyde + NAD+/NADP+ + H2O an acid + NADH/NADPH
Kinetic parameters:
- high Km for acetaldehyde
Structure:
- homodimer
- belongs to the aldehyde dehydrogenase family
Compartment: cytoplasm
Expression:
- high levels in stomach, esophagus & lung
- low level in the liver & kidney
General
aldehyde dehydrogenase
oligomerizing protein
Properties
SIZE: entity length = 453 aa
MW = 50 kD
COMPARTMENT: cytoplasm
MOTIF: glutamate residue {E210}
cysteine residue {C244}
Database Correlations
OMIM 100660
UniProt P30838
Pfam PF00171
Entrez Gene 218
Kegg hsa:218
ENZYME 1.2.1.5
References
- OMIM :accession 100660
- UniProt :accession P30838