Gene: ALDH1A2

Basic information

Tag Content
Uniprot ID O94788; B3KY52; B4DZR2; F5H2Y9; H0YM00; Q2PJS6; Q8NHQ4; Q9UBR8; Q9UFY0;
Entrez ID 8854
Genbank protein ID BAA34787.1; BAA34786.1; BAA34785.1; BAG54714.1; ABC40749.1; CAB53740.2; AAH30589.1; BAG64174.1;
Genbank nucleotide ID NM_003888.3; NM_170696.2; NM_001206897.1; NM_170697.2;
Ensembl protein ID ENSP00000249750; ENSP00000438296; ENSP00000309623; ENSP00000453408;
Ensembl nucleotide ID ENSG00000128918
Gene name Retinal dehydrogenase 2
Gene symbol ALDH1A2
Organism Homo sapiens
NCBI taxa ID 9606
Cleft type
Developmental stage
Data sources Homology search
Reference
Functional description Converts retinaldehyde to retinoic acid (PubMed:29240402). Recognizes as substrates free retinal and cellular retinol-binding protein-bound retinal. Can metabolize octanal and decanal, but has only very low activity with benzaldehyde, acetaldehyde and propanal. Displays complete lack of activity with citral (By similarity).
Sequence
MTSSKIEMPG EVKADPAALM ASLHLLPSPT PNLEIKYTKI FINNEWQNSE SGRVFPVYNP 60
ATGEQVCEVQ EADKADIDKA VQAARLAFSL GSVWRRMDAS ERGRLLDKLA DLVERDRAVL 120
ATMESLNGGK PFLQAFYVDL QGVIKTFRYY AGWADKIHGM TIPVDGDYFT FTRHEPIGVC 180
GQIIPWNFPL LMFAWKIAPA LCCGNTVVIK PAEQTPLSAL YMGALIKEAG FPPGVINILP 240
GYGPTAGAAI ASHIGIDKIA FTGSTEVGKL IQEAAGRSNL KRVTLELGGK SPNIIFADAD 300
LDYAVEQAHQ GVFFNQGQCC TAGSRIFVEE SIYEEFVRRS VERAKRRVVG SPFDPTTEQG 360
PQIDKKQYNK ILELIQSGVA EGAKLECGGK GLGRKGFFIE PTVFSNVTDD MRIAKEEIFG 420
PVQEILRFKT MDEVIERANN SDFGLVAAVF TNDINKALTV SSAMQAGTVW INCYNALNAQ 480
SPFGGFKMSG NGREMGEFGL REYSEVKTVT VKIPQKNS 518

Abbreviation :
CLO : cleft lip only. CPO : cleft palate only. CLP : cleft lip and palate. CL/P : cleft lip with/without cleft palate.
For humans: CL/P, CLO, CPO, and CLP. For mice: CLO, CLP, and CPO.

Gene expression information

Gene expression in different tissues (GTEx V7)