aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 family, member L1

Symbol

ALDH1L1 (may also be known as: None)

Organism

Human

Description

The protein encoded by this gene catalyzes the conversion of 10-formyltetrahydrofolate, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP+), and water to tetrahydrofolate, NADPH, and carbon dioxide. The encoded protein belongs to the aldehyde dehydrogenase family. Loss of function or expression of this gene is associated with decreased apoptosis, increased cell motility, and cancer progression. There is an antisense transcript that overlaps on the opposite strand with this gene locus. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Jun 2012]

Orthologs

SymbolSpecies
alh-3 Caenorhabditis elegans
Aldh1l1 Mus musculus
Aldh1l1 Rattus norvegicus

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Changes associated with this gene

GO Terms

GO IDGO TermGO Category
GO:0009058 biosynthetic process biological_process
GO:0009258 10-formyltetrahydrofolate catabolic process biological_process
GO:0005737 cytoplasm cellular_component
GO:0005739 mitochondrion cellular_component
GO:0000036 acyl carrier activity molecular_function
GO:0000166 nucleotide binding molecular_function
GO:0003824 catalytic activity molecular_function
GO:0008168 methyltransferase activity molecular_function
GO:0016155 formyltetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase activity molecular_function
GO:0016491 oxidoreductase activity molecular_function
GO:0016620 oxidoreductase activity, acting on the aldehyde or oxo group of donors, NAD or NADP as acceptor molecular_function
GO:0016742 hydroxymethyl-, formyl- and related transferase activity molecular_function
GO:0048037 cofactor binding molecular_function