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Symbol ALDH18A1 contributors: mct/np - updated : 13-10-2015
HGNC name aldehyde dehydrogenase 18 family, member A1
HGNC id 9722
RNA
TRANSCRIPTS type messenger
identificationnb exonstypebpproduct
ProteinkDaAAspecific expressionYearPubmed
18 splicing 3470 87.2 795 multiple tissues 2008 1840154
  • variant 1 P5CSL
  • being insensitive to ornithine inhibition
  • 18 splicing 3464 87 793 gut, small intestine 2008 1840154
  • variant 2 P5Cs
  • lacking two amino acids
  • using an alternate in-frame splice site compared to variant 1
  • being inhibited by l-ornithine with a Ki of approximately 0.25 mm
  • EXPRESSION
    Type ubiquitous
       expressed in (based on citations)
    organ(s)
    SystemOrgan level 1Organ level 2Organ level 3Organ level 4LevelPubmedSpeciesStageRna symbol
    Digestiveintestinesmall intestine   
     intestinelarge intestinecolon moderately
     pancreas exocrine   moderately
    Endocrinethyroid   moderately
    Hearing/Equilibriumear   predominantly
    Reproductivefemale systemuteruscervix moderately
    Respiratoryrespiratory tractlarynx  moderately
     respiratory tracttrachea  moderately
    Urinarykidney    
    tissue
    SystemTissueTissue level 1Tissue level 2LevelPubmedSpeciesStageRna symbol
    Connectiveadipose   
    cell lineage
    cell lines
    fluid/secretion
    at STAGE
    physiological period embryo
    Text embryonic tissue
    PROTEIN
    PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    STRUCTURE
    motifs/domains
  • N-terminal mitochondrial targeting signal (MTS)
  • HOMOLOGY
    interspecies ortholog to rattus Pycs
    ortholog to murine Aldh18a1
    Homologene
    FAMILY
  • aldehyde dehydrogenase family
  • glutamate 5-kinase family (in the N-terminal section)
  • gamma-glutamyl phosphate reductase family (in the C-terminal section)
  • CATEGORY enzyme
    SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATION     intracellular
    intracellular,cytoplasm,organelle,mitochondria,inner
    text
  • targets to mitochondria through a N-terminal mitochondrial targeting signal (MTS)
  • basic FUNCTION
  • catalyzes the ATP- and NADPH-dependent conversion of L-glutamate to glutamic gamma-semialdehyde, which is the metabolic precursor for proline biosynthesis
  • bifunctional enzyme catalyzing the reduction of glutamate to delta 1-pyrroline 5-carboxylate
  • acting as a gamma-glutamyl kinase
  • acting as a gamma-glutamyl phosphate reductase
  • enzyme involved in the de novo synthesis of proline from pyrroline-5-carboxylate (P5C) residing in mitochondria
  • CELLULAR PROCESS
    PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS
    PATHWAY
    metabolism aminoacid
    signaling
  • first and second step of proline biosynthesis
  • arginine biosynthetic pathway (PYCs)
  • a component
    INTERACTION
    DNA
    RNA
    small molecule nucleotide,
  • ATP
  • NADPH
  • protein
    cell & other
    REGULATION
    inhibited by L-ornithine P5Cs
    ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
    corresponding disease(s) P5CSD , SPG9
    Susceptibility
    Variant & Polymorphism
    Candidate gene
    Marker
    Therapy target
    ANIMAL & CELL MODELS