Function | Soluble retinoid carrier essential the proper function of both rod and cone photoreceptors. Participates in the regeneration of active 11-cis-retinol and 11-cis-retinaldehyde, from the inactive 11-trans products of the rhodopsin photocycle and in the de novo synthesis of these retinoids from 11-trans metabolic precursors. The cycling of retinoids between photoreceptor and adjacent pigment epithelium cells is known as the 'visual cycle'. |
Protein Name | Retinaldehyde-Binding Protein 1Cellular Retinaldehyde-Binding Protein |
Database Links | Reactome: R-HSA-2187335Reactome: R-HSA-2453864Reactome: R-HSA-2453902 |
Cellular Localisation | Cytoplasm |
Alternative Protein Names | Retinaldehyde-Binding Protein 1 proteinCellular Retinaldehyde-Binding Protein proteinRLBP1 proteinCRALBP protein |
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