Crystallin

Function

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.^[1]

See Alpha crystallin.

Disease

Several human cataracts have been linked to mutations in γ-D-crystallin^[2].

3D Structures of Crystallin

Crystallin 3D structures

ReferencesReferences

↑ Basak A, Bateman O, Slingsby C, Pande A, Asherie N, Ogun O, Benedek GB, Pande J. High-resolution X-ray crystal structures of human gammaD crystallin (1.25 A) and the R58H mutant (1.15 A) associated with aculeiform cataract. J Mol Biol. 2003 May 16;328(5):1137-47. PMID:12729747
↑ Pande A, Pande J, Asherie N, Lomakin A, Ogun O, King J, Benedek GB. Crystal cataracts: human genetic cataract caused by protein crystallization. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 May 22;98(11):6116-20. PMID:11371638 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.101124798

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[1] Basak A, Bateman O, Slingsby C, Pande A, Asherie N, Ogun O, Benedek GB, Pande J. High-resolution X-ray crystal structures of human gammaD crystallin (1.25 A) and the R58H mutant (1.15 A) associated with aculeiform cataract. J Mol Biol. 2003 May 16;328(5):1137-47. PMID:12729747

[2] Pande A, Pande J, Asherie N, Lomakin A, Ogun O, King J, Benedek GB. Crystal cataracts: human genetic cataract caused by protein crystallization. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 May 22;98(11):6116-20. PMID:11371638 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.101124798

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