ADH — Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris

Summary

BVRB_4G084140 (symbol ADH) on sugar beet chromosome 4 encodes a zinc-binding alcohol dehydrogenase family protein with S-(hydroxymethyl)glutathione dehydrogenase [NAD(P)+] activity and aldo-keto reductase (NAD) activity. The gene is associated with methanal catabolism, primary metabolism, pigmentation, syngamy, microsporogenesis, and alkaloid metabolism, and its product localizes to the cytosol. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to alcohol dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.1) activity, though this is not established for the sugar beet gene.