LMPD Database

LMP001843

Record overview

LMPD IDLMP001843
Gene ID6017
SpeciesHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Nameretinaldehyde binding protein 1
Gene SymbolRLBP1
SynonymsCRALBP
Alternate namesretinaldehyde-binding protein 1; cellular retinaldehyde-binding protein; cellular retinaldehyde-binding protein-1
Chromosome15
Map Location15q26
SummaryThe protein encoded by this gene is a 36-kD water-soluble protein which carries 11-cis-retinaldehyde or 11-cis-retinal as physiologic ligands. It may be a functional component of the visual cycle. Mutations of this gene have been associated with severe rod-cone dystrophy, Bothnia dystrophy (nonsyndromic autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa) and retinitis punctata albescens. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
OrthologsView orthologs and multiple alignments for RLBP1

Proteins

retinaldehyde-binding protein 1
Refseq ID:NP_000317
Protein GI:4506541
UniProt ID:P12271
mRNA ID:NM_000326
Length:317
RefSeq Status:REVIEWED
MSEGVGTFRMVPEEEQELRAQLEQLTTKDHGPVFGPCSQLPRHTLQKAKDELNEREETREEAVRELQEMVQAQAASGEELAVAVAERVQEKDSGFFLRFI
RARKFNVGRAYELLRGYVNFRLQYPELFDSLSPEAVRCTIEAGYPGVLSSRDKYGRVVMLFNIENWQSQEITFDEILQAYCFILEKLLENEETQINGFCI
IENFKGFTMQQAASLRTSDLRKMVDMLQDSFPARFKAIHFIHQPWYFTTTYNVVKPFLKSKLLERVFVHGDDLSGFYQEIDENILPSDFGGTLPKYDGKA
VAEQLFGPQAQAENTAF