Chunk #24 — Results — ALDH5 and beyond

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Update on the aldehyde dehydrogenase gene (ALDH) superfamily.

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ALDH5A1 is missing in marmoset and duplicated in zebrafish. The zebrafish duplication, aldh5a1.2, encodes a slightly truncated peptide (404 versus 514 AAs) which shares 100 per cent AA identity with the first 426 AAs and resides on the same Chr as aldh5a1.1.