... ozaki@bio.sci.osaka-u.ac.jpAbbreviations: CRALBP, cellular retinal-binding protein; CRBP,cellular retinol-binding protein; IRBP, interphotoreceptorretinoid-binding protein; RBP, retinol-binding protein.Note: The nucleotide ... soluble in water, hydrophilic retinoid-binding proteins are thereforerequired for stabilizing retinoids in the watery plasma aswell as in the cytoplasm, and for transporting retinoidswithin and/or ... inter-photoreceptor retinoid-binding protein (IRBP) in thisstep has been advocated, but is, however, still in dispute(reviewed in [2]). In photoreceptor cells, retinal binds toopsin to form rhodopsin. All-trans-retinal,...