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Facts about 2-aminomuconic semialdehyde dehydrogenase.
Has much lower activity towards all-trans-retinal. Has highest activity with benzaldehyde and decanal (in vitro).
Human | |
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Gene Name: | ALDH8A1 |
Uniprot: | Q9H2A2 |
Entrez: | 64577 |
Belongs to: |
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aldehyde dehydrogenase family |
Aldehyde dehydrogenase 12; aldehyde dehydrogenase 8 family, member A1; aldehyde dehydrogenase family protein; ALDH12aldehyde dehydrogenase family 8 member A1; DJ352A20.2; DKFZp779D2315; EC 1.2.1; EC 1.2.1.-; EC 1.2.1.3; MGC138650
Mass (kDA):
53.401 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 6q23.3 |
Sequence: | 6; NC_000006.12 (134917393..134950101, complement) |
Highly expressed in adult kidney and liver. Detected at lower levels in fetal liver and kidney.
Cytoplasm.
PMID: 11007799 by Lin M., et al. cDNA cloning and expression of a human aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) active with 9-cis-retinal and identification of a rat ortholog, ALDH12.
PMID: 29703752 by Davis I., et al. Reassignment of the human aldehyde dehydrogenase ALDH8A1 (ALDH12) to the kynurenine pathway in tryptophan catabolism.