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Alcohol dehydrogenase class-3 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ADH5 gene.This gene encodes glutathione-dependent formaldehyde dehydrogenase or class III alcohol dehydrogenase chi subunit which is a member of the alcohol dehydrogenase family. Members of this family metabolize a wide variety of substrates including ethanol retinol other aliphatic alcohols hydroxysteroids and lipid peroxidation products. Class III alcohol dehydrogenase is a homodimer composed of 2 chi subunits.