Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables protein homodimerization activity. Involved in detection of light stimulus involved in visual perception. Located in photoreceptor inner segment. Is expressed in several structures, including cerebral cortex ventricular layer; ganglia; nucleus pulposus; spinal cord; and vibrissa. Used to study retinitis pigmentosa. Orthologous to human CCDC66 (coiled-coil domain containing 66).