First protein named after a videogame character

First protein named after a videogame character
Who
Pikachurin, Pikachu (Pokemon)
What
first
Where
Japan (Suita,Osaka Prefecture)
In July 2008, biologists from the Osaka Bioscience Institute in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, identified a protein that is necessary to efficiently transmit visual information to the brain. Having determined that the protein is used in kinetic vision (being able to detect fast-moving objects), they named it pikachurin after Pikachu, who is also apparently very fast.