| Gene Symbol | ALDH8A1 |
| Entrez Gene ID | 64577 |
| Full Name | aldehyde dehydrogenase 8 family member A1 |
| Synonyms | ALDH12,DJ352A20.2 |
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| Gene Type | protein-coding |
| Organism | Homo sapiens(human) |
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| Summary | This protein belongs to the aldehyde dehydrogenases family of proteins. It plays a role in a pathway of 9-cis-retinoic acid biosynthesis in vivo. This enzyme converts 9-cis-retinal into the retinoid X receptor ligand 9-cis-retinoic acid, and has approximately 40-fold higher activity with 9-cis-retinal than with all-trans-retinal. Therefore, it is the first known aldehyde dehydrogenase to show a preference for 9-cis-retinal relative to all-trans-retinal. Three transcript variants encoding distinct protein isoforms have been identified for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2010]. |
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