ESD (gene) explained

S-formylglutathione hydrolase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ESD gene.^[1]

Further reading

• Munier F, Balmer A, von Moos C . [Lausanne study of retinoblastoma, 1986-90: deletion of esterase D locus in a collective of 128 patients] . Klinische Monatsblätter für Augenheilkunde . 198 . 5 . 419–24 . 1991 . 1886375 . 10.1055/s-2008-1045999 . 260193010 . etal.
• Eva Y.-H. P. Lee . Young LJ, Lee EY, To HA . Human esterase D gene: complete cDNA sequence, genomic structure, and application in the genetic diagnosis of human retinoblastoma. . Hum. Genet. . 79 . 2 . 137–41 . 1988 . 3164702 . 10.1007/BF00280552 . 25789298 . etal.
• Lee EY, Lee WH . Molecular cloning of the human esterase D gene, a genetic marker of retinoblastoma. . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. . 83 . 17 . 6337–41 . 1986 . 3462698 . 10.1073/pnas.83.17.6337 . 386498. free . 1986PNAS...83.6337L .
• Squire J, Dryja TP, Dunn J . Cloning of the esterase D gene: a polymorphic gene probe closely linked to the retinoblastoma locus on chromosome 13. . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. . 83 . 17 . 6573–7 . 1986 . 3462714 . 10.1073/pnas.83.17.6573 . 386546 . etal. free . 1986PNAS...83.6573S .
• Lee WH, Wheatley W, Benedict WF . Purification, biochemical characterization, and biological function of human esterase D. . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. . 83 . 18 . 6790–4 . 1986 . 3462728 . 10.1073/pnas.83.18.6790 . 386595 . etal. free . 1986PNAS...83.6790L .
• Cortivo P, Caenazzo L, Crestani C . Genetic study of red cell esterase D polymorphism by ultrathin layer isoelectric focusing. Distribution in the Veneto population (Italy). . Z. Rechtsmed. . 98 . 1 . 39–42 . 1987 . 3591015 . 10.1007/BF00200384 . 24618583 . etal.
• Eiberg H, Mohr J . Identity of the polymorphisms for esterase D and S-formylglutathione hydrolase in red blood cells. . Hum. Genet. . 74 . 2 . 174–5 . 1986 . 3770744 . 10.1007/BF00282085. 27095525 .
• Tsuchida S, Fukui E, Ikemoto S . Molecular analysis of esterase D polymorphism. . Hum. Genet. . 93 . 3 . 255–8 . 1994 . 7907313 . 10.1007/BF00212018. 28243346 .
• Hu RM, Han ZG, Song HD . Gene expression profiling in the human hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis and full-length cDNA cloning. . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. . 97 . 17 . 9543–8 . 2000 . 10931946 . 10.1073/pnas.160270997 . 16901 . 2000PNAS...97.9543H . etal. free .
• Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH . Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences. . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. . 99 . 26 . 16899–903 . 2003 . 12477932 . 10.1073/pnas.242603899 . 139241 . 2002PNAS...9916899M . etal. free .
• Saito S, Iida A, Sekine A . Catalog of 680 variations among eight cytochrome p450 (CYP) genes, nine esterase genes, and two other genes in the Japanese population. . J. Hum. Genet. . 48 . 5 . 249–70 . 2003 . 12721789 . 10.1007/s10038-003-0021-7 . etal. free.
• Sergeev AS, Agapova RK, Bogadel'nikova IV, Perel'man MI . [The use of discrete characters in discriminant analysis for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis and for classification of patients differing in treatment efficiency based on polymorphisms at nine codominant loci-HP, GC, TF, PI, PGM1, GLO1, C3, ACP1 and ESD] . Genetika . 39 . 7 . 996–1002 . 2003 . 12942785.
• Ota T, Suzuki Y, Nishikawa T . Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human cDNAs. . Nat. Genet. . 36 . 1 . 40–5 . 2004 . 14702039 . 10.1038/ng1285 . etal. free.
• Dunham A, Matthews LH, Burton J . The DNA sequence and analysis of human chromosome 13. . Nature . 428 . 6982 . 522–8 . 2004 . 15057823 . 10.1038/nature02379 . 2665288 . 2004Natur.428..522D . etal.
• Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA . The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC). . Genome Res. . 14 . 10B . 2121–7 . 2004 . 15489334 . 10.1101/gr.2596504 . 528928 . etal.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Entrez Gene: ESD esterase D/formylglutathione hydrolase .