Alpha crystallin
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| Identifiers | |
| Symbol | CRYAA |
| Alt. Symbols | CRYA1 |
| Entrez | 1409 |
| HUGO | 2388 |
| OMIM | 123580 |
| RefSeq | NM_000394 |
| UniProt | P02489 |
| Other data | |
| Locus | Chr. 21 q22.3 |
| Identifiers | |
| Symbol | CRYAB |
| Alt. Symbols | CRYA2 |
| Entrez | 1410 |
| HUGO | 2389 |
| OMIM | 123590 |
| RefSeq | NM_001885 |
| UniProt | P02511 |
| Other data | |
| Locus | Chr. 11 q22.3-23.1 |
Alpha crystallin is a water-soluble structural protein found in the lens of the eye. Compared to the other crystallins, it elutes earlier from a gel filtration chromatography column.
It functions as a chaperone.
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