Gene description for ALDH6A1
Gene name aldehyde dehydrogenase 6 family, member A1
Gene symbol ALDH6A1
Other names/aliases MMSADHA
MMSDH
Species Homo sapiens
 Database cross references - ALDH6A1
ExoCarta ExoCarta_4329
Entrez Gene 4329
HGNC 7179
MIM 603178
UniProt Q02252  
 ALDH6A1 identified in exosomes derived from the following tissue/cell type
Mesenchymal stem cells Unpublished / Not applicable
 Gene ontology annotations for ALDH6A1
Molecular Function
    poly(A) RNA binding GO:0044822 IDA
    fatty-acyl-CoA binding GO:0000062 ISS
    methylmalonate-semialdehyde dehydrogenase (acylating) activity GO:0004491 ISS
    aldehyde dehydrogenase (NAD) activity GO:0004029 IBA
    malonate-semialdehyde dehydrogenase (acetylating) activity GO:0018478 ISS
Biological Process
    thymine metabolic process GO:0019859 ISS
    brown fat cell differentiation GO:0050873 IEA
    thymine catabolic process GO:0006210 IMP
    cellular nitrogen compound metabolic process GO:0034641 TAS
    valine metabolic process GO:0006573 ISS
    small molecule metabolic process GO:0044281 TAS
    oxidation-reduction process GO:0055114 IEA
    valine catabolic process GO:0006574 IMP
    branched-chain amino acid catabolic process GO:0009083 TAS
Subcellular Localization
    mitochondrion GO:0005739 NAS
    nucleoplasm GO:0005654 IDA
    mitochondrial matrix GO:0005759 TAS
    extracellular exosome GO:0070062 IDA
 Experiment description of studies that identified ALDH6A1 in exosomes
1
Experiment ID 126
ISEV standards
✘ EV Biophysical techniques
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GAPDH
EV Cytosolic markers
✘ EV Membrane markers
✘ EV Negative markers
✘ EV Particle analysis
Identified molecule protein
Identification method Mass spectrometry [LTQ-FT Ultra]
PubMed ID Unpublished / Not applicable
Organism Homo sapiens
Experiment description Mesenchymal Stem Cell Exosomes: The Future MSC-based Therapy?
Authors Ruenn Chai Lai, Ronne Wee Yeh Yeo, Soon Sim Tan, Bin Zhang, Yijun Yin, Newman Siu Kwan Sze, Andre Choo, and Sai Kiang Lim
Journal name Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy
Publication year 2011
Sample Mesenchymal stem cells
Sample name huES9.E1
Isolation/purification methods HPLC
Flotation density -
Molecules identified in the study Protein
Methods used in the study Western blotting
Antobody array
Mass spectrometry
 Protein-protein interactions for ALDH6A1
  Protein Interactor ExoCarta ID Identification method PubMed Species
No interactions are found.
 Pathways in which ALDH6A1 is involved
PathwayEvidenceSource
Branched-chain amino acid catabolism TAS Reactome





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