LOCUS       HUMALDHA1               1560 bp    mRNA    linear   HUM 31-OCT-1994
DEFINITION  Human aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 mRNA.
ACCESSION   K03000
VERSION     K03000.1
KEYWORDS    aldehyde dehydrogenase.
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 1560)
  AUTHORS   Hsu,L.C., Tani,K., Fujiyoshi,T., Kurachi,K. and Yoshida,A.
  TITLE     Cloning of cDNAs for human aldehyde dehydrogenases 1 and 2
  JOURNAL   Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 82 (11), 3771-3775 (1985)
   PUBMED   2987944
COMMENT     Original source text: Human liver, cDNA to mRNA, clone
            lambda-ALDH1-1.
            Reprint kindly provided by A.Yoshida 10-SEP-1985.  50% of Orientals
            have only the ALDH1 isozyme, which in some cases produces an
            enzymatically inactive ALDH1 enzyme, and are missing the ALDH2
            isozyme (commonly designated 'atypical').  A very high incidence of
            acute alcohol intoxication in Orientals, as compared to Caucasians,
            can be directly attributed to genetic differences in the ALDH
            isozymes.  A poly-A signal is located at positions 1542-1547.
FEATURES             Location/Qualifiers
     source          1..1560
                     /db_xref="H-InvDB:HIT000191401"
                     /organism="Homo sapiens"
                     /mol_type="mRNA"
                     /db_xref="taxon:9606"
                     /map="9q21.1"
     gene            1..1560
                     /gene="ALDH1"
     mRNA            <1..1560
                     /gene="ALDH1"
                     /product="ALDH-1 mRNA"
     CDS             <1..1023
                     /gene="ALDH1"
                     /note="aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 (EC 1.2.1.3)"
                     /codon_start=1
                     /protein_id="AAA51695.1"
                     /db_xref="GDB:G00-119-667"
                     /translation="ICGQIIPWNFPLVMLIWKIGPALSCGNTVVVKPAEQTPLTALHV
                     ASLIKEAGFPPGVVNIVPGYGPTAGAAISSHMDIDKVAFTGSTEVGKLIKEAAGKSNL
                     KRVTLELGGKSPCIVLADADLDNAVEFAHHGVFYHQGQCCIAASRIFVEESIYDEFVR
                     RSVERAKKYILGNPLTPGVTQGPQIDKEQYDKILDLIESGKKEGAKLECGGGPWGNKG
                     YFVQPTVFSNVTDEMRIAKEEIFGPVQQIMKFKSLDDVIKRANNTFYGLSAGVFTKDI
                     DKAITISSALQAGTVWVNCYGVVSAQCPFGGFKMSGNGRELGEYGFHEYTEVKTVTVK
                     ISQKNS"
BASE COUNT          480 a          289 c          349 g          442 t
ORIGIN      253 bp upstream of Sau3A site; chromosome 9q21.1.
        1 atatgtggcc aaatcattcc ttggaatttc ccgttggtta tgctcatttg gaagataggg
       61 cctgcactga gctgtggaaa cacagtggtt gtcaaaccag cagagcaaac tcctctcact
      121 gctctccacg tggcatcttt aataaaagag gcagggtttc ctcctggagt agtgaatatt
      181 gttcctggtt atgggcctac agcaggggca gccatttctt ctcacatgga tatagacaaa
      241 gtagccttca caggatcaac agaggttggc aagttgatca aagaagctgc cgggaaaagc
      301 aatctgaaga gggtgaccct ggagcttgga ggaaagagcc cttgcattgt gttagctgat
      361 gccgacttgg acaatgctgt tgaatttgca caccatgggg tattctacca ccagggccag
      421 tgttgtatag ccgcatccag gatttttgtg gaagaatcaa tttatgatga gtttgttcga
      481 aggagtgttg agcgggctaa gaagtatatc cttggaaatc ctctgacccc aggagtcact
      541 caaggccctc agattgacaa ggaacaatat gataaaatac ttgacctcat tgagagtggg
      601 aagaaagaag gggccaaact ggaatgtgga ggaggcccgt gggggaataa aggctacttt
      661 gtccagccca cagtgttctc taatgttaca gatgagatgc gcattgccaa agaggagatt
      721 tttggaccag tgcagcaaat catgaagttt aaatctttag atgacgtgat caaaagagca
      781 aacaatactt tctatggctt atcagcagga gtgtttacca aagacattga taaagccata
      841 acaatctcct ctgctctgca ggcaggaaca gtgtgggtga attgctatgg cgtggtaagt
      901 gcccagtgcc cctttggtgg attcaagatg tctggaaatg gaagagaact gggagagtac
      961 ggtttccatg aatatacaga ggtcaaaaca gtcacagtga aaatctctca gaagaactca
     1021 taaagaaaat acaagagtgg agagaagctc ttcaatagct aagcatctcc ttacagtcac
     1081 taatatagta gattttaaag acaaaatttt tcttttcttg atttttttta aacataagct
     1141 aaatcatatt agtattaata ctacccatag aaaacttgac atgtagcttc ttctgaaaga
     1201 attatttgcc ttctgaaatg tgacccccaa gtcctatcct aaataaaaaa agacaaattc
     1261 ggatgtatga tctctctagc tttgtcatag ttatgtgatt ttcctttgta gctacttttg
     1321 caggataata attttataga aaaggaacag ttgcatttag cttctttccc ttagtgactc
     1381 ttgaagtact taacatacac gttaactgca gagtaaattg ctctgttccc agtagttata
     1441 aagtccttgg actgttttga aaagtttcct aggatgtcat gtctgcttgt caaaagaaat
     1501 aatccctgta atatttagct gtaaactgaa tataaagctt aataaaaaca accttgcata
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