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RDH5

protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
Class type of: protein-coding gene Q18031080

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
gene
Subclass of
protein-coding gene[2]
Chromosome
human chromosome 12[14]
Cytogenetic location
12q13.2[17]
Encodes
Retinol dehydrogenase 5, 11-cis retinol dehydrogenase[11][12]
Expressed in
subcutaneous adipose tissue, right lobe of liver, mucosa of transverse colon, right auricle of heart, duodenum, muscle layer of sigmoid colon, left coronary artery, left ventricle, lactiferous gland, muscle of thigh[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]
Found in taxon
Homo sapiens[13]
Genetic association
fundus dystrophy[15]
Genomic end
55724705, 56118489[6][7]
Genomic start
55720367, 56114151[4][5]
HomoloGene ID
2179[3]
Ortholog
Rdh5, Rdh5, rdh5, drd-5, Bloc1s1[8][9][10]
Strand orientation
forward strand[16]
🏷️ Also known as
en 9cRDH en HSD17B9 en RDH1 en RDH5 en retinol dehydrogenase 5 en SDR9C5
🔖 Identifiers · 10
Ensembl gene ID
ENSG00000135437
Ensembl transcript ID
ENST00000553187, ENST00000257895, ENST00000547072, ENST00000547301, ENST00000548082, ENST00000548123, ENST00000548486, ENST00000550608, ENST00000551444, ENST00000552930, ENST00000553160
Entrez Gene ID
5959
Exact match
identifiers.org
Freebase ID
/m/03gxc3b
HGNC ID
9940
HGNC gene symbol
RDH5
OMIM ID
601617
RefSeq RNA ID
NM_002905, NM_001199771
UMLS CUI
C1419328

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Summary

RDH5 is a gene[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Ensembl Release 87. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . NCBI Gene. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Orthologous MAtrix. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Orthologous MAtrix. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . UniProt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . UniProt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . ClinGen. Retrieved . search.clinicalgenome.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . NCBI Gene. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25w ago · Mathieu Kappler · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HGNC gene symbol → RDH5
    Genetic association → fundus dystrophy
    RefSeq RNA ID → NM_002905, NM_001199771
    Exact match → http://identifiers.org/ncbigene/5959
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed [gsw] labels, descriptions or aliases: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32527: human gene name and description in Alemannic"
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