Dehydrogenase involved in ubiquinone and sphingolipid metabolism; oxidizes 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde into 4-hydroxybenzoic acid in ubiquinone biosynthesis; converts hexadecenal to hexadecenoic acid in sphingosine 1-phosphate breakdown pathway; located in the mitochondrial outer membrane and also in lipid particles; human homolog ALDH3A2, a fatty aldehyde dehydrogenase (FALDH) mutated in neurocutaneous disorder Sjogren-Larsson syndrome, can complement yeast hfd1 mutant [Source:SGD;Acc:S000004716]

Chromosome XIII: 490,394-491,992 reverse strand.

R64-1-1:BK006946.2

This gene has 1 transcript (splice variant), 596 orthologues and 8 paralogues.

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