"Alcohol Dehydrogenase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A zinc-containing enzyme which oxidizes primary and secondary alcohols or hemiacetals in the presence of NAD. In alcoholic fermentation, it catalyzes the final step of reducing an aldehyde to an alcohol in the presence of NADH and hydrogen.
| Descriptor ID |
D000426
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.682.047.820.250
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| Concept/Terms |
Alcohol Dehydrogenase- Alcohol Dehydrogenase
- Dehydrogenase, Alcohol
- Alcohol-NAD+ Oxidoreductase
- Alcohol NAD+ Oxidoreductase
- Oxidoreductase, Alcohol-NAD+
- Alcohol Dehydrogenase (NAD+)
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| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Alcohol Dehydrogenase" by people in Profiles.
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Functional validity, role, and implications of heavy alcohol consumption genetic loci. Sci Adv. 2020 01; 6(3):eaay5034.
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Genetic contributors to variation in alcohol consumption vary by race/ethnicity in a large multi-ethnic genome-wide association study. Mol Psychiatry. 2017 09; 22(9):1359-1367.
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Association between alcohol and cardiovascular disease: Mendelian randomisation analysis based on individual participant data. BMJ. 2014 Jul 10; 349:g4164.