Sheep liver cytosolic aldehyde dehydrogenase: the structure reveals the basis for the retinal specificity of class 1 aldehyde dehydrogenases.
Moore, S.A., Baker, H.M., Blythe, T.J., Kitson, K.E., Kitson, T.M., Baker, E.N.(1998) Structure 6: 1541-1551
- PubMed: 9862807 
- DOI: 10.1016/s0969-2126(98)00152-x
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1BXS - PubMed Abstract: 
. Enzymes of the aldehyde dehydrogenase family are required for the clearance of potentially toxic aldehydes, and are essential for the production of key metabolic regulators. The cytosolic, or class 1, aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH1) of higher vertebrates has an enhanced specificity for all-trans retinal, oxidising it to the powerful differentiation factor all-trans retinoic acid ...