epidermal retinal dehydrogenase 2; RDH-E2; EPHD-2; retinal short chain dehydrogenase reductase 2; retSDR2 (RDHE2, SDR16C5)

Structure

• belongs to the short-chain dehydrogenases/reductases (SDR) family

Compartment

membrane (putative)

Alternative splicing

named isoforms=2

Expression

• detected in adult lung
• detected at low levels in adult brain, heart, testis, placenta, cervix, pancreas, uterus, stomach, rectum, small intestine, colon, esophagus, thymus, skin, & skin keratinocyte
• detected in fetal kidney, skin & lung

Pathology

• expression is higher in psoriasis lesions relative to unaffected skin from psoriasis patients

More general terms

• membrane protein
• dehydrogenase

Database

• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q8N3Y7.html