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Facts about Alpha-aminoadipic semialdehyde dehydrogenase.
Protects cells from oxidative stress by metabolizing a number of lipid peroxidation-derived aldehydes. Involved in lysine catabolism.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | ALDH7A1 |
| Uniprot: | P49419 |
| Entrez: | 501 |

| Belongs to: |
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| aldehyde dehydrogenase family |

aldehyde dehydrogenase 7 family, member A1; Aldehyde dehydrogenase family 7 member A1,26g turgor protein homolog; Alpha-AASA dehydrogenase; ATQ1Antiquitin-1; Betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase; Delta1-piperideine-6-carboxylate dehydrogenase; EC 1.2.1; EC 1.2.1.3; EC 1.2.1.31; EC 1.2.1.8; EPDalpha-aminoadipic semialdehyde dehydrogenase; FLJ11738; FLJ92814; P6c dehydrogenase; PDEantiquitin-1
Mass (kDA):
58.487 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 5q23.2 |
| Sequence: | 5; NC_000005.10 (126541841..126595219, complement) |
Abundant in hepatoma cells and fetal cochlea, ovary, eye, heart, adrenal gland, liver and kidney. Low levels present in adult peripheral blood leukocytes and fetal brain, thymus, spleen, skeletal muscle, lung and tongue.
Cytoplasm, cytosol. Nucleus.; [Isoform 1]: Mitochondrion.






PMID: 8088832 by Lee P., et al. Homology between a human protein and a protein of the green garden pea.
PMID: 9417906 by Skvorak A.B., et al. An ancient conserved gene expressed in the human inner ear: identification, expression analysis, and chromosomal mapping of human and mouse antiquitin (ATQ1).