ALDH8A1

ALDH8A1
Identifiers
Aliases	ALDH8A1, aldehyde dehydrogenase 8 family, member A1, ALDH12, DJ352A20.2, aldehyde dehydrogenase 8 family member A1
External IDs	OMIM: 606467; MGI: 2653900; HomoloGene: 23369; GeneCards: ALDH8A1; OMA:ALDH8A1 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 6 (human)
End	134,950,115 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 10 (mouse)
End	21,272,484 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	kidney tubule; ; liver; ; glomerulus; ; right lobe of liver; ; metanephric glomerulus; ; renal medulla; ; human kidney; ; testicle; ; inferior olivary nucleus; ; gonad;
	Top expressed in
	right kidney; ; human kidney; ; left lobe of liver; ; proximal tubule; ; sexually immature organism; ; embryo; ; ureter; ; human fetus; ; muscle of thigh; ; seminiferous tubule;
	More reference expression data
	n/a
Gene ontology
Molecular function	oxidoreductase activity; retinal dehydrogenase activity; oxidoreductase activity, acting on the aldehyde or oxo group of donors, NAD or NADP as acceptor; aminomuconate-semialdehyde dehydrogenase activity;
Cellular component	cytoplasm; cytosol; extracellular exosome; intracellular anatomical structure;
Biological process	metabolism; 9-cis-retinoic acid biosynthetic process; retinoic acid metabolic process; retinal metabolic process; L-kynurenine catabolic process;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	64577
	237320
	ENSG00000118514
	ENSMUSG00000037542
	Q9H2A2
	Q8BH00
	NM_001193480; NM_022568; NM_170771
	NM_178713
	NP_001180409; NP_072090; NP_739577
	NP_848828
	Wikidata
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Aldehyde dehydrogenase 8 family, member A1 also known as ALDH8A1 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ALDH8A1 gene.