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Facts about Aldehyde dehydrogenase family 3 member A2.
Responsible for conversion of the sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) degradation product hexadecenal to hexadecenoic acid (PubMed:22633490). .
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | ALDH3A2 |
| Uniprot: | P51648 |
| Entrez: | 224 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| aldehyde dehydrogenase family |

Aldehyde dehydrogenase 10; aldehyde dehydrogenase 3 family, member A2; Aldehyde dehydrogenase family 3 member A2; ALDH10FLJ20851; EC 1.2.1; EC 1.2.1.3; FALDHDKFZp686E23276; fatty aldehyde dehydrogenase; Microsomal aldehyde dehydrogenase; SLS
Mass (kDA):
54.848 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 17p11.2 |
| Sequence: | 17; NC_000017.11 (19648150..19677596) |
Detected in liver (at protein level).
Microsome membrane; Single-pass membrane protein. Endoplasmic reticulum membrane; Single-pass membrane protein; Cytoplasmic side.





PMID: 8528251 by de Laurenzi V., et al. Sjogren-Larsson syndrome is caused by mutations in the fatty aldehyde dehydrogenase gene.
PMID: 9027499 by Rogers G.R., et al. Genomic organization and expression of the human fatty aldehyde dehydrogenase gene (FALDH).