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Facts about Retinol dehydrogenase 8.
May play a part in the regeneration of visual pigment in high light intensity (By similarity). .
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | RDH8 |
| Uniprot: | Q9NYR8 |
| Entrez: | 50700 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| short-chain dehydrogenases/reductases (SDR) family |

Retinol dehydrogenase 8
Mass (kDA):
33.755 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 19p13.2 |
| Sequence: | 19; NC_000019.10 (10013483..10022279) |
Detected in photoreceptor outer segments in the retina (at protein level).
Membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein.


PMID: 10753906 by Rattner A., et al. Identification and characterization of all-trans-retinol dehydrogenase from photoreceptor outer segments, the visual cycle enzyme that reduces all-trans-retinal to all-trans-retinol.