Enables oxidoreductase activity, acting on paired donors, with incorporation or reduction of molecular oxygen and retinoid binding activity. Involved in retinal metabolic process; retinoic acid metabolic process; and retinol metabolic process. Located in intracellular membrane-bounded organelle.
RGD Description
This gene encodes a member of the cytochrome P450 superfamily of enzymes. The cytochrome P450 proteins are monooxygenases which catalyze many reactions involved in drug metabolism and synthesis of cholesterol, steroids and other lipids. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]