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Bos taurus Gene: CRYBB2
Summary
InnateDB Gene IDBG-635731.3
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol CRYBB2
Gene Name Beta-crystallin B2
Synonyms
Species Bos taurus
Ensembl Gene ENSBTAG00000004088
Encoded Proteins
IDBP-687590
Beta-crystallin B2
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 ENSG00000244752:
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 basic group member, is part of a gene cluster with beta-A4, beta-B1, and beta-B3. A chain-terminating mutation was found to cause type 2 cerulean cataracts. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Gene Information
Type Protein coding
Genomic Location Chromosome 17:67560185-67571022
Strand Forward strand
Band
Transcripts
ENSBTAT00000005341 ENSBTAP00000005341
Interactions
Number of Interactions This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 2 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
They are also associated with 7 interaction(s) predicted by orthology.
Experimentally validated
Total 2 [view]
Protein-Protein 2 [view]
Protein-DNA 0
Protein-RNA 0
DNA-DNA 0
RNA-RNA 0
DNA-RNA 0
Predicted by orthology
Total 7 [view]
Gene Ontology

Molecular Function
Accession GO Term
GO:0005212 structural constituent of eye lens
GO:0042802 identical protein binding
GO:0042803 protein homodimerization activity
Biological Process
GO:0007601 visual perception
GO:0043010 camera-type eye development
Cellular Component
Orthologs
Species
Mus musculus
Homo sapiens
Gene ID
Gene Order
ENSMUSG00000042240
View Gene Order
ENSG00000244752
View Gene Order
Cross-References
SwissProt
TrEMBL
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene
UniGene Bt.398
RefSeq NM_174807 XM_005218030 XM_005218031 XM_005218032
HUGO
OMIM
CCDS
HPRD
IMGT
EMBL
GenPept
RNA Seq Atlas

If you use InnateDB for your research, please cite the following publication:

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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