ADH4
Alcohol dehydrogenase 4 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ADH4 gene.[1]
This gene encodes class II alcohol dehydrogenase 4 pi subunit, which is a member of the alcohol dehydrogenase family. Members of this enzyme family metabolize a wide variety of substrates, including ethanol, retinol, other aliphatic alcohols, hydroxysteroids, and lipid peroxidation products. Class II alcohol dehydrogenase is a homodimer composed of 2 pi subunits. It exhibits a high activity for oxidation of long-chain aliphatic alcohols and aromatic alcohols and is less sensitive to pyrazole. This gene is localized to chromosome 4 in the cluster of alcohol dehydrogenase genes.[1]
References
References
Further reading
Further reading
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- von Bahr-Lindström H, Jörnvall H, Höög JO (1991). “Cloning and characterization of the human ADH4 gene”. Gene. 103 (2): 269–74. doi:10.1016/0378-1119(91)90285-J. PMID 1889753.
- Höög JO, von Bahr-Lindström H, Hedén LO, et al. (1987). “Structure of the class II enzyme of human liver alcohol dehydrogenase: combined cDNA and protein sequence determination of the pi subunit”. Biochemistry. 26 (7): 1926–32. doi:10.1021/bi00381a021. PMID 3036213.
- Mårdh G, Dingley AL, Auld DS, Vallee BL (1987). “Human class II (pi) alcohol dehydrogenase has a redox-specific function in norepinephrine metabolism”. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 83 (23): 8908–12. doi:10.1073/pnas.83.23.8908. PMC 387042. PMID 3466164.
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- Strömberg P, Svensson S, Hedberg JJ, et al. (2002). “Identification and characterisation of two allelic forms of human alcohol dehydrogenase 2”. Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 59 (3): 552–9. doi:10.1007/s00018-002-8447-1. PMID 11964133.
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- Luo X, Kranzler HR, Zuo L, et al. (2006). “ADH4 gene variation is associated with alcohol and drug dependence: results from family controlled and population-structured association studies”. Pharmacogenet. Genomics. 15 (11): 755–68. doi:10.1097/01.fpc.0000180141.77036.dc. PMID 16220108.
- Luo X, Kranzler HR, Zuo L, et al. (2006). “ADH4 gene variation is associated with alcohol dependence and drug dependence in European Americans: results from HWD tests and case-control association studies”. Neuropsychopharmacology. 31 (5): 1085–95. doi:10.1038/sj.npp.1300925. PMID 16237392.
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- Carrigana MA, Uryasev O, et al. (2014). “Hominids adapted to metabolize ethanol long before human-directed fermentation”. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 112 (2): 599–608. doi:10.1073/pnas.1404167111. PMC 4299227. PMID 25453080.
External links
External links
- Human ADH4 genome location and ADH4 gene details page in the UCSC Genome Browser.
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