ALDH4A1
aldehyde dehydrogenase 4 family member A1 | P5CDh, ALDH4

This protein belongs to the aldehyde dehydrogenase family of proteins. This enzyme is a mitochondrial matrix NAD-dependent dehydrogenase which catalyzes the second step of the proline degradation pathway, converting pyrroline-5-carboxylate to glutamate. Deficiency of this enzyme is associated with type II hyperprolinemia, an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by accumulation of delta-1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate (P5C) and proline. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been identified for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jun 2009]

Developmental clusters: GC1
Biological processes 22 terms
Expression (TPM)
ALDH4A1 — as a Regulated Gene

TFs regulating ALDH4A1 0 TFs

Transcription factors with Perturb-seq knockdown data for ALDH4A1. The Binding column indicates whether any binding evidence exists for this TF–gene pair (ChIP-seq or motif footprint peaks). The Mean coef is the average Perturb-seq regression coefficient across active gRNAs (positive = ALDH4A1 upregulated upon KD; negative = downregulated). The Outlier column indicates whether this gene is in the top or bottom 5% of all TF knockdown effects.

Data: Effect:
TF Mean coef Binding Outlier TF→Gene link

Elements linked to ALDH4A1

Open chromatin peaks (ATAC-seq) in the genomic neighbourhood of ALDH4A1, linked by TSS proximity or chromatin conformation (Multiome / HiCAR). Each element overlaps at least one TF ChIP-seq binding site — the TFs column shows how many distinct TFs bind that element.

Accessibility Element Dist. to TSS Link type TFs
chr1:18,630,697–18,631,880 271.2 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 133
chr1:18,639,776–18,642,012 261.9 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 468
chr1:18,642,277–18,643,942 259.7 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 312
chr1:18,646,499–18,647,349 255.6 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 116
chr1:18,649,792–18,650,569 252.4 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 127
chr1:18,651,660–18,652,376 250.6 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 174
chr1:18,722,251–18,722,870 180.1 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 86
chr1:18,794,622–18,795,083 107.7 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 163
chr1:18,896,434–18,896,684 5.9 kb Proximal (<10kb) 57
chr1:18,902,301–18,903,312 290 bp At TSS Multiome 774
chr1:18,907,258–18,907,398 4.7 kb Proximal (<10kb) 187
chr1:18,955,480–18,957,564 54.2 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 702

Genome Browser

Genomic view of the ALDH4A1 locus showing ATAC-seq accessibility and RNA-seq expression across the ESC → DE time course, together with TF binding peaks and element-to-TSS loop connections.

chr1:18,620,697 – 18,967,564
Proximal 1 kb Distal 10 kb Multiome HiCAR ATAC-seq RNA-seq