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Alcohol dehydrogenase, iron containing 1

Alcohol dehydrogenase, iron containing 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ADHFE1 gene.[1]

Function

The ADHFE1 gene encodes hydroxyacid-oxoacid transhydrogenase (EC 1.1.99.24), which is responsible for the oxidation of 4-hydroxybutyrate in mammalian tissues.[2]

References

  1. “Entrez Gene: Alcohol dehydrogenase, iron containing 1”. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
  2. Kardon T, Noël G, Vertommen D, Schaftingen EV (April 2006). “Identification of the gene encoding hydroxyacid-oxoacid transhydrogenase, an enzyme that metabolizes 4-hydroxybutyrate”. FEBS Letters. 580 (9): 2347–50. doi:10.1016/j.febslet.2006.02.082. PMID 16616524.

Further reading

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.


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