LOCUS       AAA51884.1               375 aa    PRT              HUM 01-NOV-1994
DEFINITION  Homo sapiens ADH2 protein.
ACCESSION   M24317-1
PROTEIN_ID  AAA51884.1
SOURCE      Homo sapiens (human)
  ORGANISM  Homo sapiens
            Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi;
            Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini;
            Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo.
REFERENCE   1  (bases 1 to 1618)
  AUTHORS   Ikuta,T., Fujiyoshi,T., Kurachi,K. and Yoshida,A.
  TITLE     Molecular cloning of a full-length cDNA for human alcohol
            dehydrogenase
  JOURNAL   Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 82 (9), 2703-2707 (1985)
   PUBMED   2986130
REFERENCE   2  (bases 733 to 738)
  AUTHORS   Ikuta,T., Fujiyoshi,T., Kurachi,K. and Yoshida,A.
  TITLE     Correction: Molecular cloning of a full-length cDNA for human
            alcohol dehydrogenase
  JOURNAL   Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 82, 5578-5578 (1985)
REFERENCE   3  (bases 164 to 183; 1132 to 1148)
  AUTHORS   Xu,Y.L., Carr,L.G., Bosron,W.F., Li,T.K. and Edenberg,H.J.
  TITLE     Genotyping of human alcohol dehydrogenases at the ADH2 and ADH3
            loci following DNA sequence amplification
  JOURNAL   Genomics 2 (3), 209-214 (1988)
   PUBMED   3397059
COMMENT     Original source text: Human liver, cDNA to mRNA, (library of Woo)
            clone lambda-ADH14.
            [2]  revises [1].
            Reprint of [1] kindly provided by A.Yoshida, 15-SEP-1985.  Draft
            entry and clean copy sequence for [2] kindly provided by G.Duester,
            31-MAR-1986.
            ADH is encoded by at least five genes that fall into three classes.
            Class I, which evolved as a multigene family, contains a large
            group of isoenzymes possessing various combinations of alpha, beta,
            and gamma subunits, coded for by three genes designated ADH1, ADH2,
            and ADH3, respectively. Class II contains the pi isoenzyme and
            class III contains the chi isoenzyme.  The majority of Orientals
            have the 'atypical' 2-ADH-2 gene, producing an atypical beta-2
            subunit instead of the beta-1 subunit, which is predominant in
            Caucasians.
            The other human class I ADH1 beta subunit sequences are found under
            accession D00137 X03350 M24308-M24316 M21692.
FEATURES             Qualifiers
     source          /db_xref="H-InvDB:HIT000194923"
                     /organism="Homo sapiens"
                     /mol_type="mRNA"
                     /db_xref="taxon:9606"
                     /map="4q21-q23"
     protein         /gene="ADH2"
                     /note="alcohol dehydrogenase beta subunit"
                     /db_xref="GDB:G00-119-651"
BEGIN
        1 MSTAGKVIKC KAAVLWEVKK PFSIEDVEVA PPKAYEVRIK MVAVGICRTD DHVVSGNLVT
       61 PLPVILGHEA AGIVESVGEG VTTVKPGDKV IPLFTPQCGK CRVCKNPESN YCLKNDLGNP
      121 RGTLQDGTRR FTCRGKPIHH FLGTSTFSQY TVVDENAVAK IDAASPLEKV CLIGCGFSTG
      181 YGSAVNVAKV TPGSTCAVFG LGGVGLSAVM GCKAAGAARI IAVDINKDKK AKAKELGATE
      241 CINPQDYKKP IQEVLKEMTD GGVDFSFEVI GRLDTMMASL LCCHEACGTS VIVGVPPASQ
      301 NLSINPMLLL TGRTWKGAVY GGFKSKEGIP KLVADFMAKK FSLDALITHV LPFEKINEGF
      361 DLLHSGKSIR TVLTF
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