Reactivities: | Human |
Presku: | AAP65373 |
Size: | 100ug |
Weight: | 34kDa |
Gene: | 50700 |
Format: | Lyophilized powder |
Target: | All-trans-retinol dehydrogenase (RDH8) is a visual cycle enzyme that reduces all-trans-retinal to all-trans-retinol in the presence of NADPH (Rattner et al., 2000 [PubMed 10753906]). It is a member of the short chain dehydrogenase/reductase family and is located in the outer segments of photoreceptors; hence it is also known as photoreceptor retinol dehydrogenase. It is important in the visual cycle by beginning the rhodopsin regeneration pathway by reducing all-trans-retinal, the product of bleached and hydrolysed rhodopsin. |
Alternative names: | PRRDH; SDR28C2 |