Crystallin

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== Function ==
== Function ==
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'''Crystallin''' is found in the lens of the eye accounting for the transparency and probably increasing the refractive index of it. '''α-, β-, γ-, δ-crystallin''' are named according to the order they are eluted by gel filtration.''' δ-crystallin''' is found in avian and reptilian lenses.<ref>PMID:12729747</ref>
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'''Crystallin''' is found in the lens of the eye accounting for the transparency and probably increasing the refractive index of it. '''α-, β-, γ-, δ-crystallin''' are named according to the order they are eluted by gel filtration.
*'''Alpha crystallin''' has chaperone-like properties like the ability to prevent precipitation of denatured proteins<ref>PMID:15575808</ref>. See [[Alpha crystallin]].
*'''Alpha crystallin''' has chaperone-like properties like the ability to prevent precipitation of denatured proteins<ref>PMID:15575808</ref>. See [[Alpha crystallin]].
*'''Gamma crystallin''' is found mainly in the nuclear region of the lens<ref>PMID:26116913</ref>.
*'''Gamma crystallin''' is found mainly in the nuclear region of the lens<ref>PMID:26116913</ref>.
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*.''' δ-crystallin''' is found in avian and reptilian lenses and missing from fish, amphibia and mammals lenses.<ref>PMID:12729747</ref>,<ref>PMID:6369110</ref>.
== Disease ==
== Disease ==

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human γ-D-crystallin, 2g98

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References

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