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Gene information for SORD (Homo sapiens)
(Information is obtained from NCBI Gene database)
Entrez gene ID6652
Official gene symbolSORD
Full namesorbitol dehydrogenase
Aliases,SORD1,
Gene summarySorbitol dehydrogenase (SORD; EC 1.1.1.14) catalyzes the interconversion of polyols and their corresponding ketoses, and together with aldose reductase (ALDR1; MIM 103880), makes up the sorbitol pathway that is believed to play an important role in the development of diabetic complications (summarized by Carr and Markham, 1995 [PubMed 8535074]). The first reaction of the pathway (also called the polyol pathway) is the reduction of glucose to sorbitol by ALDR1 with NADPH as the cofactor. SORD then oxidizes the sorbitol to fructose using NAD(+) cofactor.[supplied by OMIM]
LocationChromosome: 15   Locus: 15q15.3
Gene position45315302 - 45367287  Map Viewer
Gene orientationplus
Gene size51986 bp
Gene sequence
OMIM ID182500