Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables N-retinylidene-phosphatidylethanolamine flippase activity. Acts upstream of or within phospholipid transfer to membrane; photoreceptor cell maintenance; and visual perception. Located in photoreceptor outer segment. Is expressed in nervous system and retina. Used to study Stargardt disease; age related macular degeneration 2; cone-rod dystrophy 3; and retinitis pigmentosa 19. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in fundus dystrophy and retinal degeneration (multiple). Orthologous to human ABCA4 (ATP binding cassette subfamily A member 4).