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Tbio
ALDH8A1
Aldehyde dehydrogenase family 8 member A1

Protein Summary
Description
Converts 9-cis-retinal to 9-cis-retinoic acid. Has lower activity towards 13-cis-retinal. Has much lower activity towards all-trans-retinal. Has highest activity with benzaldehyde and decanal (in vitro). Has a preference for NAD, but shows considerable activity with NADP (in vitro). This gene encodes a member of the aldehyde dehydrogenase family of proteins. The encoded protein has been implicated in the synthesis of 9-cis-retinoic acid and in the breakdown of the amino acid tryptophan. This enzyme converts 9-cis-retinal into the retinoid X receptor ligand 9-cis-retinoic acid, and has approximately 40-fold higher activity with 9-cis-retinal than with all-trans-retinal. In addition, this enzyme has been shown to catalyze the conversion of 2-aminomuconic semialdehyde to 2-aminomuconate in the kynurenine pathway of tryptophan catabolism. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2018]
Uniprot Accession IDs
Gene Name
Ensembl ID
  • ENST00000265605
  • ENSP00000265605
  • ENSG00000118514
  • ENST00000349305
  • ENSP00000325473
  • ENST00000367845
  • ENSP00000356819
  • ENST00000367847
  • ENSP00000356821

Symbol
  • ALDH12
  • ALDH12
  • DJ352A20.2
Illumination Graph
Knowledge Table
Most Knowledge About
Knowledge Value (0 to 1 scale)
protein domain
0.85
tissue sample
0.63
kinase perturbation
0.6
gene perturbation
0.59
cell line
0.58


IDG Development Level Summary
Tdark

These are targets about which virtually nothing is known. They do not have known drug or small molecule activities
- AND - satisfy two or more of the following criteria:

Pubmed score: 10.5   (req: < 5)
Gene RIFs: 2   (req: <= 3)
Antibodies: 114   (req: <= 50)
Tbio

These targets do not have known drug or small molecule activities
- AND - satisfy two or more of the following criteria:

Pubmed score: 10.5   (req: >= 5)
Gene RIFs: 2   (req: > 3)
Antibodies: 114   (req: > 50)

- OR - satisfy the following criterion:

Gene Ontology Terms: 4
Tchem

Target has at least one ChEMBL compound with an activity cutoff of < 30 nM - AND - satisfies the preceding conditions

Active Ligand: 0
Tclin

Target has at least one approved drug - AND - satisfies the preceding conditions

Active Drug: 0