ADH1C

ADH1C

ADH1C

Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


Alcohol dehydrogenase 1C is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ADH1C gene.[5]

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Function

This gene encodes class I alcohol dehydrogenase, gamma subunit, which is a member of the alcohol dehydrogenase family. Members of this enzyme family metabolize a wide variety of substrates, including ethanol (beverage alcohol), retinol, other aliphatic alcohols, hydroxysteroids, and lipid peroxidation products. Class I alcohol dehydrogenase, consisting of several homo- and heterodimers of alpha, beta, and gamma subunits, exhibit high activity for ethanol oxidation and play a major role in ethanol catabolism. Three genes encoding alpha, beta and gamma subunits are tandemly organized in a genomic segment as a gene cluster.[6]


References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. Smith M (Mar 1986). "Genetics of Human Alcohol and Aldehyde Dehydrogenases". Advances in Human Genetics 15. Vol. 15. pp. 249–90. doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-8356-1_5. ISBN 978-1-4615-8358-5. PMID 3006456.

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