alcohol dehydrogenase (aldehyde reductase)

Laboratory

• alcohol dehydrogenase in liver

Notes

• 7 different ADH's isozymes in human:
• 3 belong to class-1: ADH-alpha, ADH-beta, & ADH-gamma
• 1 belongs to class-2: pi,
• 1 belongs to class-3: chi
• 1 belongs to class-4: ADH7
• 1 belongs to class-5: ADH6

More general terms

• alcohol oxidoreductase
• dehydrogenase

More specific terms

• alcohol dehydrogenase class-3; alcohol dehydrogenase-3; alcohol dehydrogenase-5; alcohol dehydrogenase class chi chain; S-(hydroxymethyl)glutathione dehydrogenase; glutathione-dependent formaldehyde dehydrogenase; FDH (ADH5, ADHX, ADH3)
• alcohol dehydrogenase [ADH]-1
• alcohol dehydrogenase-4 (alcohol dehydrogenase class 2 pi chain, ADH4)
• alcohol dehydrogenase-6 (ADH6)
• retinal dehydrogenase

Components

• alcohol dehydrogenase 1C (alcohol dehydrogenase subunit gamma, ADH1C, ADH3)
• alcohol dehydrogenase 1B (ADH-beta, alcohol dehydrogenase subunit beta, ADH1B, ADH2)
• alcohol dehydrogenase 1A (alcohol dehydrogenase subunit alpha, ADH1A, ADH1)