Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable G protein-coupled photoreceptor activity. Predicted to be involved in G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway; cellular response to light stimulus; and phototransduction. Predicted to act upstream of or within signal transduction and visual perception. Located in plasma membrane. Is expressed in eye; pigmented retinal epithelium; and retina. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in retinitis pigmentosa and retinitis pigmentosa 44. Orthologous to human RGR (retinal G protein coupled receptor).