Structural highlights
Disease
CRYAB_HUMAN Posterior polar cataract;Alpha-crystallinopathy;Zonular cataract;Familial isolated dilated cardiomyopathy;Fatal infantile hypertonic myofibrillar myopathy. The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry. The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry. The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry. The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry.
Function
CRYAB_HUMAN May contribute to the transparency and refractive index of the lens. Has chaperone-like activity, preventing aggregation of various proteins under a wide range of stress conditions.
Evolutionary Conservation
Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.
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