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Mus musculus Gene: Cryba2
Summary
InnateDB Gene IDBG-168847.6
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol Cryba2
Gene Name crystallin, beta A2
Synonyms E130107M19Rik
Species Mus musculus
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000006546
Encoded Proteins
IDBP-168849
crystallin, beta A2
IDBP-790253
crystallin, beta A2
Protein Structure
Useful resources Stemformatics EHFPI ImmGen
Entrez Gene
Summary This gene does not have any Entrez summary - the following is the summary from its human ortholog ENSG00000163499:
Crystallins are separated into two classes: taxon-specific, or enzyme, and ubiquitous. The latter class constitutes the major proteins of the vertebrate eye, which function to maintain the transparency and refractive index of the lens. Since lens central fiber cells lose their nuclei during development, these crystallins are made and then retained throughout life, making them extremely stable proteins. Mammalian lens crystallins are divided into alpha, beta, and gamma families; beta and gamma crystallins are also defined as a superfamily. Alpha and beta families are further divided into acidic and basic groups. Seven protein regions exist in crystallins: four homologous motifs, a connecting peptide, and N- and C-terminal extensions. Beta-crystallins, the most heterogeneous, differ by the presence of the C-terminal extension (present in the basic group but absent in the acidic group). Beta-crystallins form aggregates of different sizes and are able to form homodimers through self-association or heterodimers with other beta-crystallins. This gene is a beta acidic group member. Three alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding identical proteins have been reported. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Gene Information
Type Protein coding
Genomic Location Chromosome 1:74889934-74893143
Strand Reverse strand
Band C4
Transcripts
ENSMUST00000006721 ENSMUSP00000006721
ENSMUST00000133833 ENSMUSP00000140298
Interactions
Number of Interactions This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 0 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
They are also associated with 5 interaction(s) predicted by orthology.
Predicted by orthology
Total 5 [view]
Gene Ontology

Molecular Function
Accession GO Term
GO:0005212 structural constituent of eye lens
GO:0042803 protein homodimerization activity
Biological Process
GO:0002088 lens development in camera-type eye
Cellular Component
Orthologs
Species
Homo sapiens
Bos taurus
Gene ID
Gene Order
ENSG00000163499
View Gene Order
ENSBTAG00000014819
Not yet available
Cross-References
SwissProt
TrEMBL
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene 12958
UniGene
RefSeq NM_021541 XM_006495656 XM_006495657 XM_006495658 XM_006495659 XM_006495660
OMIM
CCDS CCDS15059
HPRD
IMGT
MGI ID MGI:104336
MGI Symbol Cryba2
EMBL
GenPept
RNA Seq Atlas 12958

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Breuer et al., InnateDB: systems biology of innate immunity and beyond - recent updates and continuing curation. Nucl. Acids Res. (2013) 41 (D1) 

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