title: Genetics of ocular NAD+-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase and aldehyde dehydrogenase in the mouse: evidence for genetic identity with stomach isozymes and localization of Ahd-4 on chromosome 11 near trembler.
abstract: Electrophoretic and activity variation of the stomach and ocular isozyme of aldehyde dehydrogenase (designated AHD-4) was observed between C57BL/6J and SWR/J inbred strains of mice. The phenotypes were inherited in a normal mendelian fashion, with two alleles at a single locus (Ahd-4) showing codominant expression. The alleles assorted independently of those at Adh-3 [encoding the stomach and ocular isozyme of alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH-C2)] on chromosome 3. Three chromosome 11 markers, hemoglobin alpha-chain (Hba), trembler (Tr), and rex (Re), were used in backcross analyses which established that Ahd-4 is closely linked to trembler. The distribution patterns for stomach and ocular AHD-4 phenotypes were examined among SWXL recombinant inbred mice, and those for stomach and ocular ADH-C2 among BXD recombinant inbred strains. The data provided evidence for the genetic identity of stomach and ocular ADH-C2 and of stomach and ocular AHD-4.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, Texas 78284.
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Holmes
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Popp
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: VandeBerg
mesh_terms: D000426:Alcohol Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics*; D000444:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics*; D000818:Animals; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D005123:Eye / Q000201:enzymology*; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D008818:Mice, Neurologic Mutants; D013045:Species Specificity; D013270:Stomach / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D000426:Alcohol Dehydrogenase; D000444:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase