Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables retinoic acid 4-hydroxylase activity. Involved in cellular response to retinoic acid and retinoic acid catabolic process. Acts upstream of or within anterior/posterior pattern specification; central nervous system development; and neural crest cell development. Predicted to be located in endoplasmic reticulum and membrane. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; central nervous system; embryo mesenchyme; extraembryonic component; and sensory organ. Orthologous to human CYP26A1 (cytochrome P450 family 26 subfamily A member 1).