AKR7A2

The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the aldo/keto reductase (AKR) superfamily and AKR7 family, which are involved in the detoxification of aldehydes and ketones. The AKR7 family consists of 3 genes that are present in a cluster on the p arm of chromosome 1. This protein, thought to be localized in the golgi, catalyzes the NADPH-dependent reduction of succinic semialdehyde to the endogenous neuromodulator, gamma-hydroxybutyrate. It may also function as a detoxication enzyme in the reduction of aflatoxin B1 and 2-carboxybenzaldehyde. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2016]

Description

Aldo-keto reductase family 7 member A2

Tissue specificity

Low tissue specificity

Subcell location

Golgi apparatus, Cytosol

Predicted location

Intracellular

Protein family

Enzymes
Mapped to neXtProt
Mapped to UniProt SWISS-PROT
Metabolic proteins
Plasma proteins
Predicted intracellular proteins
Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014)

Chromosome

1 (19303965 - 19312144)

Ensembl ID

ENSG00000053371  (ver. 103.38)

Orthologs

-

UniProt

O43488

neXtProt

NX_O43488

Human splice variants

Protein structure