Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables aldehyde dehydrogenase (NADP+) activity. Involved in cellular detoxification of aldehyde; retinol metabolic process; and visual perception. Acts upstream of or within adaptation of rhodopsin mediated signaling. Located in photoreceptor inner segment. Is expressed in eye and forebrain. Orthologous to human RDH11 (retinol dehydrogenase 11).