ALDH8A1

GENE INFORMATION

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Gene name

ALDH8A1 (HGNC Symbol)

Synonyms

ALDH12

Description

Aldehyde dehydrogenase 8 family, member A1 (HGNC Symbol)

Entrez gene 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]

Chromosome

6

Cytoband

q23.3

Chromosome location (bp)

134917390 - 134950122

Protein evidence

Evidence at protein level (all genes)

Ensembl

ENSG00000118514 (version 78.38)

Entrez gene

64577

UniProt

Q9H2A2 (UniProt - Evidence at protein level)

neXtProt

NX_Q9H2A2

Antibodypedia

ALDH8A1 antibodies
 

PROTEIN VIEW

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ALDH8A1-001
 
ALDH8A1-002
 
ALDH8A1-003
 
ALDH8A1-006
 
ALDH8A1-007
 
 
 
 
 

PROTEIN INFORMATION

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Splice variant

Ensembl

UniProt

Protein class

Gene ontology

Length
(aa)

Molecular mass
(kDa)

Signal peptide
(predicted)

Transmembrane regions
(predicted)

ALDH8A1-001 ENSP00000265605
ENST00000265605
Q9H2A2
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Show » Show » 487 53.4 No 0
ALDH8A1-002 ENSP00000356819
ENST00000367845
Q9H2A2
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Show » Show » 433 47.3 No 0
ALDH8A1-003 ENSP00000437161
ENST00000460753
H0YF40
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Show » Show » 134 15.1 No 0
ALDH8A1-006 ENSP00000356821
ENST00000367847
Q9H2A2
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Show » Show » 437 48 No 0
ALDH8A1-007 ENSP00000435297
ENST00000534012
Show » 15 1.8 No 0