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Comparative Study
. 1981 Feb;19(1-2):107-14.
doi: 10.1007/BF00486141.

Human liver aldehyde dehydrogenase in Chinese and Asiatic Indians: gene deletion and its possible implications in alcohol metabolism

Y S Teng
Comparative Study

Human liver aldehyde dehydrogenase in Chinese and Asiatic Indians: gene deletion and its possible implications in alcohol metabolism

Y S Teng. Biochem Genet. 1981 Feb.

Abstract

Two separate human liver aldehyde dehydrogenases exist which show differences in substrate specificity, cation inhibition or activation, and molecular weight. In this paper we report a common absence of enzyme 2 in Chinese which may be taken to indicate a gene deletion coding for this enzyme. The possible implication of thie gene deletion among Chinese is discussed.

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