NCIt synonyms : ADHX; FALDH; Formaldehyde Dehydrogenase, Glutathione-Dependent Gene; Formaldehyde Dehydrogenase Gene; GSNOR; Alcohol Dehydrogenase, Chi Isozyme Gene; FDH; ADH, Class III Gene; Alcohol Dehydrogenase 5 (Class III), Chi Polypeptide wt Allele; Epididymis Secretory Sperm Binding Protein Li 60p Gene; Alcohol Dehydrogenase 5, Chi Polypeptide Gene; GSH-FDH; HEL-S-60p; BMFS7; S-Nitrosoglutathione Reductase Gene; AMEDS; ADH-3;
NCIt definition : Human ADH5 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 4q23 and is approximately
18 kb in length. This allele, which encodes alcohol dehydrogenase class-3 protein,
is involved in the oxidation of the formaldehyde adduct S-(hydroxymethyl) glutathione
and in the metabolism of long-chain primary alcohols and long chain omega-hydroxy
fatty acids. Mutations in the gene are associated with digenic AMED syndrome.;