Description
Alcohol dehydrogenase [NADP+] (AKR1A1) is a member of the aldo/keto reductase superfamily and catalyzes the NADPH-dependent reduction of a variety of aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes to their corresponding alcohols. This protein is closely related (65% identity) to aldose reductase, an enzyme involved in the pathogenesis of some diabetic and galactosemic complications. It plays a role in the activation of procarcinogens, such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon trans-dihydrodiols, and in the metabolism of various xenobiotics and drugs, including the anthracyclines doxorubicin (DOX) and daunorubicin (DAuN). Recombinant human Alcohol dehydrogenase was expressed in E.coli and purified by using conventional chromatography techniques