"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 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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Spruiell K, Gyamfi AA, Yeyeodu ST, Richardson RM, Gonzalez FJ, Gyamfi MA. Pregnane X Receptor-Humanized Mice Recapitulate Gender Differences in Ethanol Metabolism but Not Hepatotoxicity. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2015 Sep; 354(3):459-70.
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Marshall VJ, Ramchandani VA, Kalu N, Kwagyan J, Scott DM, Ferguson CL, Taylor RE. Evaluation of the influence of alcohol dehydrogenase polymorphisms on alcohol elimination rates in African Americans. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2014 Jan; 38(1):51-9.
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Akbari MR, Malekzadeh R, Shakeri R, Nasrollahzadeh D, Foumani M, Sun Y, Pourshams A, Sadjadi A, Jafari E, Sotoudeh M, Kamangar F, Boffetta P, Dawsey SM, Ghadirian P, Narod SA. Candidate gene association study of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in a high-risk region in Iran. Cancer Res. 2009 Oct 15; 69(20):7994-8000.
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Taylor RE, Raysor BR, Kwagyan J, Ramchandani VA, Kalu N, Powell-Davis M, Ferguson CL, Carr L, Scott DM. Alterations in ethyl alcohol pharmacokinetics during oral consumption of malt liquor beverages in African Americans. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2008 Dec; 32(12):2074-80.
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Gyamfi MA, Kocsis MG, He L, Dai G, Mendy AJ, Wan YJ. The role of retinoid X receptor alpha in regulating alcohol metabolism. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2006 Oct; 319(1):360-8.
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Zavras AI, Wu T, Laskaris G, Wang YF, Cartsos V, Segas J, Lefantzis D, Joshipura K, Douglass CW, Diehl SR. Interaction between a single nucleotide polymorphism in the alcohol dehydrogenase 3 gene, alcohol consumption and oral cancer risk. Int J Cancer. 2002 Feb 01; 97(4):526-30.