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Aliases | ALDH8A1 , aldehyde dehydrogenase 8 family, member A1, ALDH12, DJ352A20.2, aldehyde dehydrogenase 8 family member A1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
External IDs | OMIM: 606467; MGI: 2653900; HomoloGene: 23369; GeneCards: ALDH8A1; OMA:ALDH8A1 - orthologs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Aldehyde dehydrogenase 8 family, member A1 also known as ALDH8A1 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ALDH8A1 gene. [5]
This protein belongs to the aldehyde dehydrogenase family of enzymes. It was originally thought to play a role in a pathway of 9-cis-retinoic acid biosynthesis in vivo. However, bioinformatics and experimental work has shown that it is more likely the aldehyde dehydrogenase of the kynurenine pathway, oxidizing 2-aminomuconate semialdehyde to 2-aminomuconic acid. [6] Two transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been identified for this gene. [7]
This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.