Gene Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
Entrez ID 217
Gene name Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 family member
Gene symbol ALDH2
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
ALDH-E2ALDHIALDM
Chromosome 12
Chromosome location 12q24.12
Summary This protein belongs to the aldehyde dehydrogenase family of proteins. Aldehyde dehydrogenase is the second enzyme of the major oxidative pathway of alcohol metabolism. Two major liver isoforms of aldehyde dehydrogenase, cytosolic and mitochondrial, can b
SNPs SNP information provided by dbSNP.
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SNP ID Visualize variation Clinical significance Consequence
rs671 G>A Drug-response, protective, risk-factor Coding sequence variant, missense variant
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
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miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT016754 hsa-miR-335-5p Microarray 18185580
MIRT023536 hsa-miR-1-3p Proteomics 18668040
MIRT031438 hsa-miR-16-5p Proteomics 18668040
MIRT039939 hsa-miR-615-3p CLASH 23622248
MIRT519128 hsa-miR-1245a PAR-CLIP 23446348
Gene ontology (GO) Gene Ontology (GO) annotations describing the biological processes, molecular functions, and cellular components associated with a gene.
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GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0004029 Function Aldehyde dehydrogenase (NAD+) activity IBA
GO:0004029 Function Aldehyde dehydrogenase (NAD+) activity IDA 4015840, 19506075, 20062057, 27521998
GO:0004029 Function Aldehyde dehydrogenase (NAD+) activity IEA
GO:0004029 Function Aldehyde dehydrogenase (NAD+) activity TAS 1306115
GO:0004030 Function Aldehyde dehydrogenase [NAD(P)+] activity TAS 8903321
Other IDs Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
100650 404 ENSG00000111275
Protein Protein information from UniProt database.
UniProt ID Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
P05091
Protein name Aldehyde dehydrogenase, mitochondrial (EC 1.2.1.3) (ALDH class 2) (ALDH-E2) (ALDHI)
Protein function Required for clearance of cellular formaldehyde, a cytotoxic and carcinogenic metabolite that induces DNA damage.
PDB 1CW3 , 1NZW , 1NZX , 1NZZ , 1O00 , 1O01 , 1O02 , 1O04 , 1O05 , 1ZUM , 2ONM , 2ONN , 2ONO , 2ONP , 2VLE , 3INJ , 3INL , 3N80 , 3N81 , 3N82 , 3N83 , 3SZ9 , 4FQF , 4FR8 , 4KWF , 4KWG , 5L13 , 8DR9 , 8SHS
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF00171 Aldedh 45 508 Aldehyde dehydrogenase family Family
Sequence
Sequence length 517
Interactions View interactions
Associated diseases Disease associations from ClinVar categorized as Causal (Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic) or Unknown.
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Unknown Diseases with uncertain, conflicting, or no pathogenic evidence in ClinVar
Phenotype Name Clinical Significance dbSNP ID RCV Accession
Alcohol dependence drug response rs671 RCV000020059
Alcohol sensitivity, acute drug response; Uncertain significance; Likely benign rs671, rs201835306, rs543030829 RCV000020058
RCV000714672
RCV002502822
ALDH2-related disorder Benign; drug response; Likely benign rs58280059, rs671, rs201108880, rs190914158, rs141574314, rs543030829, rs141556759 RCV003912260
RCV005357155
RCV003933274
RCV003943099
RCV003958052
RCV003970537
RCV003923296
AMED syndrome, digenic drug response rs671 RCV001290000
Associations from Text MiningDisease associations identified through Pubtator
Disease Name Relationship Type References
Achalasia Addisonianism Alacrimia syndrome Associate 37822152
Acute Coronary Syndrome Associate 21958412, 29441687, 32160861
Acute Lung Injury Associate 31209184
Adenocarcinoma Associate 17559142, 34022841, 36289279
Adenocarcinoma of Lung Associate 36289279, 37335087, 37589509, 39735553
Adenoma Associate 16108833
Adenomatous Polyposis Coli Associate 36923554
Albuminuria Associate 26599441
Alcohol Related Disorders Associate 35670037
Alcoholism Associate 11748356, 15679538, 18322963, 19456322, 20652463, 22155604, 22703580, 23134043, 23134050, 26284938, 26364564, 28158658, 28578603, 29323248, 30629674
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