ADH5

This gene encodes a member of the alcohol dehydrogenase family. Members of this family metabolize a wide variety of substrates, including ethanol, retinol, other aliphatic alcohols, hydroxysteroids, and lipid peroxidation products. The encoded protein forms a homodimer. It has virtually no activity for ethanol oxidation, but exhibits high activity for oxidation of long-chain primary alcohols and for oxidation of S-hydroxymethyl-glutathione, a spontaneous adduct between formaldehyde and glutathione. This enzyme is an important component of cellular metabolism for the elimination of formaldehyde, a potent irritant and sensitizing agent that causes lacrymation, rhinitis, pharyngitis, and contact dermatitis. The human genome contains several non-transcribed pseudogenes related to this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2008]

Description

Alcohol dehydrogenase 5 (class III), chi polypeptide

Tissue specificity

Low tissue specificity

Predicted location

Intracellular

Protein family

Enzymes
Mapped to neXtProt
Mapped to UniProt SWISS-PROT
Metabolic proteins
Plasma proteins
Predicted intracellular proteins
Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014)

Chromosome

4 (99070978 - 99088801)

Ensembl ID

ENSG00000197894  (ver. 103.38)

Orthologs

Mouse Adh5: ENSMUSG00000028138

UniProt

P11766

neXtProt

NX_P11766

Human splice variants
Mouse splice variants

Protein structure