The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 2 across different species:

aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 family, member A1 (Aldh1a1), ALDH2B4 (ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE 2B4); 3-chloroallyl aldehyde dehydrogenase/ ATP binding / aldehyde dehydrogenase (NAD) (ALDH2B4), aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (aldB)

Other aliases include:

Ahd2, Aldh1, Aldh2, ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE 2, ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE 2A, ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE 2B4, ALDH2, ALDH2A, ALDH2B4

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 2:

retinal dehydrogenase 1 – ALHDII – ralDH1 – ALDH-E1 – RALDH 1 – aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 – aldehyde dehydrogenase 1A1 – aldehyde dehydrogenase, cytosolic – aldehyde dehydrogenase 1, subfamily A1 – aldehyde dehydrogenase family 1 member A1 – aldehyde dehydrogenase family 1, member A1 – aldehyde dehydrogenase family 1, subfamily A1 – ALDH2B4 (ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE 2B4); 3-chloroallyl aldehyde dehydrogenase/ ATP binding / aldehyde dehydrogenase (NAD)

Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 2 fulfills a number of functions:

3-chloroallyl aldehyde dehydrogenase activity – aldehyde dehydrogenase (NAD) activity – benzaldehyde dehydrogenase (NAD+) activity – identical protein binding – oxidoreductase activity – retinal dehydrogenase activity – ATP binding

Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 2 is relevant to the following processes:

9-cis-retinoic acid biosynthetic process – 9-cis-retinoic acid metabolic process – embryonic eye morphogenesis – estrous cycle phase – kidney development – liver development – midgut development – optic cup morphogenesis involved in camera-type eye development – oxidation reduction – positive regulation of apoptosis – protein homotetramerization – response to drug – response to estradiol stimulus – response to ethanol – response to organic cyclic substance – response to oxidative stress – response to retinoic acid – retinol metabolic process – response to cadmium ion

Locations for Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 2:

cytoplasm – soluble fraction – chloroplast – mitochondrion

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology