Protein Information

Name glutathione dependent formaldehyde dehydrogenase
Synonyms ADH 3; ADH 5; ADH5; ADH5 protein; ADHX; Alcohol dehydrogenase 5; Alcohol dehydrogenase class 3 chi chain; Alcohol dehydrogenase class III chi chain…

Compound Information

Name cyanamide
CAS cyanamide

Reference List

PubMed Abstract RScore(About this table)
3089300 Dicker E, Cederbaum AI: Inhibition of CO2 production from aminopyrine or methanol by cyanamide or crotonaldehyde and the role of mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase in formaldehyde oxidation. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1986 Aug 6;883(1):91-7.

The partial sensitivity of CO2 production to inhibition by cyanamide or crotonaldehyde suggests that both the mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase and formaldehyde dehydrogenase contribute towards the metabolism of formaldehyde which is generated from mixed-function oxidase activity or from methanol, just as both enzyme systems contribute towards the metabolism of exogenously added formaldehyde.
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3827870 Dicker E, Cederbaum AI: Inhibition of the low-Km mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase by diethyl maleate and phorone in vivo and in vitro. Biochem J. 1986 Dec 15;240(3):821-7.

The production of CO2 plus formate from 0.2 mM-[14C] formaldehyde by isolated hepatocytes was only slightly inhibited (15-30%) by incubation with diethyl maleate or addition of cyanamide, suggesting oxidation primarily via formaldehyde dehydrogenase.
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6742849 Dicker E, Cederbaum AI: Effect of acetaldehyde and cyanamide on the metabolism of formaldehyde by hepatocytes, mitochondria, and soluble supernatant from rat liver. Arch Biochem Biophys. 1984 Jul;232(1):179-88.

These results suggest that, in rat hepatocytes, formaldehyde is oxidized by cyanamide- and acetaldehyde-sensitive (low-Km aldehyde dehydrogenase) and insensitive (formaldehyde dehydrogenase) reactions, and that both enzymes appear to contribute about equally toward the overall metabolism of formaldehyde.
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6486817 Dicker E, Cederbaum AI: Inhibition of the oxidation of acetaldehyde and formaldehyde by hepatocytes and mitochondria by crotonaldehyde. Arch Biochem Biophys. 1984 Oct;234(1):187-96.

In hepatocytes, crotonaldehyde produced about 30 to 40% inhibition of formaldehyde oxidation, which was similar to the inhibition produced by cyanamide.
Formaldehyde was a substrate for the low-Km mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase, as well as for a cytosolic, glutathione-dependent formaldehyde dehydrogenase.
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