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Gene information for ALDH8A1 (Homo sapiens)
(Information is obtained from NCBI Gene database)
Entrez gene ID64577
Official gene symbolALDH8A1
Full namealdehyde dehydrogenase 8 family, member A1
Aliases,ALDH12,DJ352A20.2,DKFZp779D2315,MGC138650,
Gene summaryThis 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]
LocationChromosome: 6   Locus: 6q23.2
Gene position135271260 - 135238528  Map Viewer
Gene orientationminus
Gene size32733 bp
Gene sequence
OMIM ID606467