| Synonyms |
ADH III, ADH3, AdhC, alcohol dehydrogenase 3, alcohol dehydrogenase class III, Alcohol dehydrogenase SFA, AN7632.2, c-ADH, carbonyl reductase 1, CBR1, class III ADH, class III alcohol dehydrogenase, dehydrogenase, formaldehyde, EC 1.2.1.1, FALDH, FDH, FLD, FldA, formaldehyde dehydrogenase, formaldehyde dehydrogenase (glutathione), formic dehydrogenase, FrxA, GD-FAlDH, GFD, glutathione (GSH)-dependent formaldehyde dehydrogenase, glutathione-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase, Glutathione-dependent formaldehyde dehydrogenase, GS-FDH, GSH-FDH, GSNO reductase, GSNOR, HMGSH dehydrogenase, HOT5, MGG_06011, NAD- and glutathione-dependent formaldehyde dehydrogenase, NAD-dependent formaldehyde dehydrogenase, NAD-linked formaldehyde dehydrogenase, NADH-GSNO oxidoreductase, nitroreductase, NTRA, PmFLD1, S-nitrosoglutathione reductase, SA0UHSC_00833, SFA1, Tc-GFD |
| Comments |
The substrate, S-(hydroxymethyl)glutathione, forms spontaneously from glutathione and formaldehyde; its rate of formation is increased in some bacteria by the presence of EC 4.4.1.22, S-(hydroxymethyl)glutathione synthase. This enzyme forms part of the pathway that detoxifies formaldehyde, since the product is hydrolysed by EC 3.1.2.12, S-formylglutathione hydrolase. The human enzyme belongs to the family of zinc-dependent alcohol dehydrogenases. Also specifically reduces S-nitrosylglutathione. |
