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Mus musculus Gene: Cryba4
Summary
InnateDB Gene IDBG-190924.6
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol Cryba4
Gene Name crystallin, beta A4
Synonyms
Species Mus musculus
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000066975
Encoded Proteins
IDBP-190926
crystallin, beta A4
IDBP-256120
crystallin, beta A4
IDBP-256122
crystallin, beta A4
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 ENSG00000196431:
Crystallins are separated into two classes: taxon-specific, or enzyme, and ubiquitous. The latter class constitutes the major proteins of vertebrate eye lens and maintains 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 considered 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, none in the acidic group). Beta-crystallins form aggregates of different sizes and are able to self-associate to form dimers or to form heterodimers with other beta-crystallins. This gene, a beta acidic group member, is part of a gene cluster with beta-B1, beta-B2, and beta-B3. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Gene Information
Type Protein coding
Genomic Location Chromosome 5:112246493-112252518
Strand Reverse strand
Band F
Transcripts
ENSMUST00000086629 ENSMUSP00000083826
ENSMUST00000112385 ENSMUSP00000108004
ENSMUST00000112383 ENSMUSP00000108002
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 2 interaction(s) predicted by orthology.
Predicted by orthology
Total 2 [view]
Gene Ontology

Molecular Function
Accession GO Term
GO:0005212 structural constituent of eye lens
Biological Process
GO:0007601 visual perception
GO:0043010 camera-type eye development
Cellular Component
Orthologs
Species
Homo sapiens
Bos taurus
Gene ID
Gene Order
ENSG00000196431
View Gene Order
ENSBTAG00000019282
Not yet available
Cross-References
SwissProt
TrEMBL
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene
UniGene Mm.40324
RefSeq NM_021351 XM_006534748 XM_006534749 XM_006534750 XM_006534751
OMIM
CCDS CCDS19536
HPRD
IMGT
MGI ID
MGI Symbol
EMBL
GenPept
RNA Seq Atlas

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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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