AADACL3 is a 350 amino acid protein that belongs to the 'GDXG' lipolytic enzyme family and participates in hydrolase activity. Existing as two alternatively spliced isoforms, AADACL3 is encoded by a gene that maps to human chromosome 1p36.21. Chromosome 1, the largest human chromosome, makes up 8% of the human genome and contains about 260 million base pairs, which encode 3,000 genes. Chromosome 1 houses a large number of disease-associated genes, including those that are involved in familial adenomatous polyposis, Stickler syndrome, Parkinson’s disease, Gaucher disease, schizophrenia and Usher syndrome. Aberrations in chromosome 1 are found in a variety of cancers, including head and neck cancer, malignant melanoma and multiple myeloma.