CRALBP Recombinant Rabbit Monoclonal Antibody [JE35-09] (HA721330)

UNIPROT #

Q9Z275

PROTEIN NAME

CRALBP

SYNONYMS

Cellular retinaldehyde binding protein 1 antibody;Cellular retinaldehyde binding protein antibody;Cellular retinaldehyde-binding protein antibody;MGC3663 antibody;Retinaldehyde binding protein 1 antibody;Retinaldehyde-binding protein 1 antibody;RLBP 1 antibody;RLBP1 antibody;RLBP1_HUMAN antibody

SUBCELLULAR LOCATION

Cytoplasm.

FUNCTION

Retinaldehyde-binding protein 1 (RLBP1) also known as cellular retinaldehyde-binding protein (CRALBP) is a 36-kD water-soluble protein that in humans is encoded by the RLBP1 gene. Cellular retinol binding protein (CRBP) was first discovered in 1973 from lung tissues by Bashor et al. There have been three cellular retinol binding protein categories discovered; Cellular retinol-binding protein, cellular retinoic acid-binding protein and cellular retinaldehyde-binding protein(CRALBP). CRALBP was first discovered in 1977, after it was purified from retina and retinal pigment epithelial cells. The cellular retinaldehyde-binding protein transports 11-cis-retinal (also known as 11-cis-retinaldehyde) as its physiological ligands. It plays a critical role as an 11-cis-retinal acceptor which facilitates the enzymatic isomerization of all 11-trans-retinal to 11-cis-retinal, in the isomerization of the rod and cones of the visual cycle.