NCBI Accession #
NP_001324173.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_001336228.1
NCBI Official Full Name
villin-like 1
NCBI Official Symbol
VLN1
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
ATVLN1; F6K5.2; F6K5_2; villin 1; villin-like 1
NCBI Protein Information
villin-like 1
NCBI Summary
Encodes a ubiquitously expressed villin-like protein, whose mRNA may be alternatively processed. Villin belongs to a superfamily of actin binding proteins called the villin/gelsolin family. Animal villins are involved in actin binding. VLN1 protein co-localizes with actin filaments in several assays. VLN1 binds and bundles F-actin in a calcium-independent manner. It does not nucleate, cap or sever actin filaments and it stabilizes actin filaments, protecting them from ADF-mediated depolymerization.
UniProt Protein Name
Villin-1
UniProt Primary Accession #
O81643
UniProt Secondary Accession #
O82367; Q9SIK8
UniProt Related Accession #
O81643
UniProt Comments
Binds actin and actin filament bundles in a Ca2+/calmodulin-insensitive manner, but is unable to sever, cap, and nucleate actin filament formation in vitro. Does not protect individual filaments from severing by VLN3 (AC O81645).