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Gene

ALDH2

aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 family member

Summary

Cytogenetic location
12q24.12
Coordinates
Chromosome 12: 111,766,933–111,817,532 (GRCh38)
Exons
13 exons across 50.6 kb
Protein
517 amino acids
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000261733.7NM_000690.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

Positions on gene and variant pages follow this choice, in this browser.

Trait report that reads ALDH2

How ALDH2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 12, with a bracket where ALDH2 sits. ALDH2 and 14 genes near it on chromosome 12, from 111,292,233 to 112,292,232.Chromosome 1212q24.12p13.33p13.32p13.31p13.2p13.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11q12q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.3q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.31q24.32q24.33111.4 Mb111.6 Mb111.8 Mb112 Mb112.2 MbCUX2: 111,033,723–111,350,554, forward strandCUX2PHETA1: 111,360,651–111,369,173, reverse strandPHETA1SH2B3: 111,404,986–111,451,623, forward strandSH2B3ATXN2: 111,443,485–111,599,676, reverse strandATXN2BRAP: 111,642,145–111,686,005, reverse strandBRAPACAD10: 111,686,037–111,757,145, forward strandACAD10: 111,753,890–111,791,418, forward strandALDH2: 111,766,933–111,817,532, forward strandALDH2MAPKAPK5: 111,841,998–111,902,222, forward strandMAPKAPK5: 111,842,237–111,842,368, forward strandTMEM116: 111,893,714–112,014,271, reverse strandTMEM116ERP29: 112,012,815–112,026,066, forward strandERP29NAA25: 112,026,689–112,109,434, reverse strandNAA25TRAFD1: 112,125,514–112,153,610, forward strandTRAFD1HECTD4: 112,160,188–112,382,443, reverse strandHECTD4Diagram of ALDH2: 13 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 12Exon 1: 111,766,933–111,767,096, 164 basesExon 2: 111,781,918–111,782,022, 105 basesExon 3: 111,783,158–111,783,298, 141 basesExon 4: 111,785,267–111,785,346, 80 basesExon 5: 111,789,823–111,789,934, 112 basesExon 6: 111,790,434–111,790,562, 129 basesExon 7: 111,791,306–111,791,419, 114 basesExon 8: 111,792,061–111,792,163, 103 basesExon 9: 111,792,598–111,792,782, 185 basesExon 10: 111,798,078–111,798,242, 165 basesExon 11: 111,799,906–111,800,063, 158 basesExon 12: 111,803,859–111,803,973, 115 basesExon 13: 111,809,543–111,817,532, 7,990 bases124681012135′3′

Exons of the gene's MANE Select transcript (release v1.5), from NCBI and EMBL-EBI, on the GRCh38 reference genome.

Chromosome bands from UCSC's GRCh38 ideogram (2022-10-29).

Nearby genes from Ensembl release 116, on GRCh38.

Exons make up 9.6 kb of the gene's 50.6 kb; 1,554 of those bases code for the protein.

Where this comes from

  • HGNC: the gene's symbol, name, other symbols and location.
  • MANE Select v1.5, from NCBI and EMBL-EBI: the transcript, its exons and coding sequence.
  • The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the traits linked to the gene. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). ALDH2 gene: aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 family member. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/aldh2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. ALDH2 gene: aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 family member [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/aldh2

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