Protein Name aldehyde dehydrogenase 3 family member A2
Organism Homo sapiens
Gene ID 224
Gene Symbol

ALDH3A2

UniProt P51648 (AL3A2_HUMAN)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 101
Total Number of Articles : 70
Description

aldehyde dehydrogenase 3 family member A2

Gene Summary

Aldehyde dehydrogenase isozymes are thought to play a major role in the detoxification of aldehydes generated by alcohol metabolism and lipid peroxidation. This gene product catalyzes the oxidation of long-chain aliphatic aldehydes to fatty acid. Mutations in the gene cause Sjogren-Larsson syndrome. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

synonyms
  • aldehyde dehydrogenase family 3 member A2
  • aldehyde dehydrogenase 10
  • fatty aldehyde dehydrogenase
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