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Cryab - crystallin, alpha B Gene

Rattus norvegicus

Also known as AACRYA

Gene ID: 25420 | Gene type: protein coding

About Cryab

Summary

This gene encodes subunit b, one of two subunits of alpha-crystallin, which is a high molecular weight, soluble aggregate and is a member of the small heat shock protein family. The encoded protein has been identified as a moonlighting protein based on its ability to perform mechanistically distinct functions. It acts as a molecular chaperone and is the major protein in the eye lens, maintaining the transparency and refractive index of the lens. Alternate promoter usage results in different transcript variants encoding the same protein. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2014]

Cryab Products(1)

mRNA Protein Name
NM_012935.4 NP_037067.1 alpha-crystallin B chain
Gene Ontology
  • Molecular Function
  • Biological Process
  • Cellular Component
Molecular Function GO Annotation Evidence Reference Source
enables cytoskeletal protein binding IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
15075233 RGD
enables microtubule binding IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
15075233 RGD
enables protein binding IPI
IPI: Inferred from physical interaction
19071118 RGD
Biological Process GO Annotation Evidence Reference Source
involved in microtubule polymerization or depolymerization IMP
IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype
15075233 RGD
involved in negative regulation of apoptotic process IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
15358243 RGD
involved in negative regulation of cell growth IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
18974385 RGD
involved in negative regulation of reactive oxygen species metabolic process IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
15358243 RGD
involved in protein folding IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
18158587 RGD
involved in response to estradiol IEP
IEP: Inferred from expression pattern
17293487 RGD
involved in response to hydrogen peroxide IEP
IEP: Inferred from expression pattern
18420382 RGD
involved in stress-activated MAPK cascade IMP
IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype
18420382 RGD
Cellular Component GO Annotation Evidence Reference Source
located in I band IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
11945023 RGD
located in M band IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
9396443 RGD
located in actin filament bundle IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
10625651 RGD
located in axon IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
22617993 RGD
located in cardiac myofibril IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
9396443 RGD
located in cell surface IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
17761354 RGD
located in dendritic spine IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
22617993 RGD
located in perikaryon IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
22617993 RGD
located in synaptic membrane IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
22617993 RGD
EXP: Inferred from Experiment IDA: Inferred from direct assay IPI: Inferred from physical interaction IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype IGI: Inferred from genetic interaction IEP: Inferred from expression pattern
Protein Preferred Names Protein Names

alpha-crystallin B chain

Crystallin, alpha polypeptide 2

alpha(B)-crystallin

Cryab Protein-protein interaction Information

Type
Protein Name Protein ID Interactor Interactor Species Interactor ID Detection Method Reference
Cross
Cryab P23928 Crybb1 Mus musculus Q9WVJ5 19071118
Cross
Cryab P23928 Crybb1 Mus musculus Q9WVJ5
ITC
19071118
Cross: Cross-species interaction Intra: Intraspecies interaction

Orthologs Information

Species Symbol Source ID
Homo sapiens Cryab NCBI NCBI:1410