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Aldehyde dehydrogenase
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Crystal Structure of Aldehyde dehydrogenase, 1nzx
Aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) converts aldehydes to carboxylic acids while reducing NAD+ to NADH. In mammals there are 3 classes of ALDH and each contain constitutive and inducible forms.
- ALDH class 1 is cytosolic.
- ALDH class 2 is mitochondrial.
- ALDH class 3 is found in tumors, stomach and cornea. ALDH3A1 is soluble and has substrate specificity to bulky aromatic aldehydes. ALDH3A2 is a fatty ALDH (FALDH). FALDH was found to have an additional gatekeeper helix at the substrate funnel entrance that is shaping the enzymes substrate specificity. [1]
- ALDH family 7 member A1 is known as antiquitin and functions in the detoxification of aldehydes.
3D Structures of Aldehyde dehydrogenase
Updated on 16-November-2014
References
- ↑ Keller, Markus A.; Zander, Ulrich; Fuchs, Julian E.; Kreutz, Christoph; Watschinger, Katrin et al. (2014). A gatekeeper helix determines the substrate specificity of Sjögren–Larsson Syndrome enzyme fatty aldehyde dehydrogenase. Nature Communications vol. 5.
