Aldehyde dehydrogenase, cytosolic 1

UniProtKB accession:  Q28399

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UniProtKB description:  Major component of the eye of elephant shrews, which in contrast to other mammals, possesses both a lens- and a non-lens class-1 aldehyde dehydrogenase 1. This eye-specific form is a structural protein of the lens and, in other part of the eye, serves as the major form of ALDH1. Can convert/oxidize retinaldehyde to retinoic acid.