Isolated nucleic acid molecule which codes for a 32 KDA protein having 11-CIS retinol dehydrogenase activity, and which associates with P63, a portion of a retinol binding protein receptor

An isolated nucleic acid molecule consisting of a nucleotide sequence which encodes a protein, the amino acid sequence of which consists of:

• SEQ ID NO:
• 15, SEQ ID NO:
• 29, SEQ ID NO:
• 36, SEQ ID NO:
• 37, SEQ ID NO:
• 38, or SEQ ID NO:
• 39.

Isolated nucleic acid molecule having a nucleotide sequence consisting of:

• SEQ ID NO;
• 16, SEQ ID NO:
• 17, SEQ ID NO:
• 18, or SEQ ID NO:
• 19.

Isolated nucleic acid molecule consisting of a nucleotide sequence set forth at SEQ ID NO:

• 20, SEQ ID NO:
• 21, SEQ ID NO:
• 22, SEQ ID NO:
• 23, SEQ ID NO:
• 30, or SEQ ID NO:
• 31.

Isolated nucleic acid molecule which encodes a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence consisting of SEQ ID NO:

• 24, SEQ ID NO:
• 25, SEQ ID NO:
• 26, SEQ ID NO:
• 27, SEQ ID NO:
• 36;
• SEQ ID NO:
• 37, SEQ ID NO:
• 38 or SEQ ID NO:
• 39.

An isolated cDNA which encodes a human protein having retinol dehydrogenase activity, the complementary sequence of which hybridizes, under stringent conditions, to at least one of the nucleotide sequences set forth at SEQ ID NO:

• 32, SEQ ID NO:
• 33, SEQ ID NO:
• 34, and SEQ ID NO:
• 35.