visinin-like protein 1; VILIP; VLP-1; hippocalcin-like protein 3; HLP3; neurocalcin alpha (VSNL1, VISL1)

Function

• regulates inhibition of rhodopsin phosphorylation (in vitro, Ca+2-dependent)
• probably binds 3 Ca+2

Structure

• belongs to the recoverin family
• contains 4 EF-hand domains

Expression

• expressed in brain & retina
• neuron-specific central nervous system & in the peripheral nervous system

Pathology

• increased in the cerebrospinal fluid of Alzheimer disease patients

More general terms

• neurocalcin

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=7447
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:7447
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/600817
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P62760.html