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Alcohol dehydrogenase

Known as: Oxidoreductase, Alcohol-NAD+, Alcohol Dehydrogenase Family, ADH 
A zinc-containing enzyme which oxidizes primary and secondary alcohols or hemiacetals in the presence of NAD. In alcoholic fermentation, it catalyzes… 
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Alcohol Oxidoreductases

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Review
2007
Review
2007
The Genetics of Alcohol Metabolism: Role of Alcohol Dehydrogenase and Aldehyde Dehydrogenase Variants
  • H. Edenberg
  • Alcohol Research and Health
  • 2007
  • Corpus ID: 106701
The primary enzymes involved in alcohol metabolism are alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) and aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH). Both… 
Review
2004
Review
2004
Overview of the role of alcohol dehydrogenase and aldehyde dehydrogenase and their variants in the genesis of alcohol-related pathology
Alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) and mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2) are responsible for metabolizing the bulk of ethanol… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Mutations in PCSK9 cause autosomal dominant hypercholesterolemia
Autosomal dominant hypercholesterolemia (ADH; OMIM144400), a risk factor for coronary heart disease, is characterized by an… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Comparative evolutionary analysis of chalcone synthase and alcohol dehydrogenase loci in Arabidopsis, Arabis, and related genera (Brassicaceae).
We analyzed sequence variation for chalcone synthase (Chs) and alcohol dehydrogenase (Adh) loci in 28 species in the genera… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Yeast vectors for the controlled expression of heterologous proteins in different genetic backgrounds.
Review
1994
Review
1994
Molecular characterization of microbial alcohol dehydrogenases.
There is an astonishing array of microbial alcohol oxidoreductases. They display a wide variety of substrate specificities and… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Adaptive protein evolution at the Adh locus in Drosophila
PROTEINS often differ in amino-acid sequence across species. This difference has evolved by the accumulation of neutral mutations… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
A test of neutral molecular evolution based on nucleotide data.
The neutral theory of molecular evolution predicts that regions of the genome that evolve at high rates, as revealed by… 
Review
1986
Review
1986
Genetic polymorphism of human liver alcohol and aldehyde dehydrogenases, and their relationship to alcohol metabolism and alcoholism
It is now widely accepted that the various pharmacologic and addictive consequences of alcohol consumption are related to the… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Statistical properties of the number of recombination events in the history of a sample of DNA sequences.
Some statistical properties of samples of DNA sequences are studied under an infinite-site neutral model with recombination. The… 
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