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  • Title: The alcohol dehydrogenase system.
    Author: Jörnvall H.
    Journal: EXS; 1994; 71():221-9. PubMed ID: 8032153.
    Abstract:
    Alcohol dehydrogenases constitute a complex system of enzymes, classes, isozymes, and allelic variants. The zinc containing, well-known liver enzyme is a class I medium-chain alcohol dehydrogenase. Other classes of this family include the class II protein, the glutathione-dependent formaldehyde dehydrogenase (the class III enzyme), the stomach-expressed class IV form, and the recently defined class V protein. Characterized forms suggest that the glutathione-dependent formaldehyde dehydrogenase is the original ancestor, defining a role for the whole protein family in cellular defense mechanisms. The isozyme-multiple class I protein is derived from an early gene duplication, allowing sub-specialization in vertebrates. Class IV is the one most ethanol-active and appears to be derived from the class I line. Allelic variants within class I, in association with aldehyde dehydrogenase variants, correlate with population differences in ethanol metabolism and hence with susceptibility to develop alcohol-related diseases. The structures also correlate with functional properties and define molecular building units for the whole family.
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