- In anatomy, a
crystallin is a water-soluble
structural protein found in the lens and the
cornea of the eye
accounting for the
transparency of the structure...
- Alpha-
crystallin B
chain is a
protein that in
humans is
encoded by the
CRYAB gene. It is part of the
small heat
shock protein family and
functions as molecular...
- to taxon-specific lens
crystallins, such as ALDH1A1/ η-
crystallin, α-enolase/τ-
crystallin, and
lactic dehydrogenase/ -
crystallin. Also, the
anuran corneal...
-
signals also
induce the
synthesis of
proteins called crystallins. As the name
suggests the
crystallins can form a
clear highly refractive jelly.
These elongating...
-
concentrations of the
protein crystallin.
These crystallins belong to two
major families, the α-
crystallins and the βγ-
crystallins. Both
categories of proteins...
- Beta-
crystallin A3 is a
protein that in
humans is
encoded by the CRYBA1 gene.
Crystallins are
separated into two classes: taxon-specific, or enzyme, and...
- Mu-
crystallin homolog also
known as NADP-regulated thyroid-hormone-binding
protein (THBP) is a
protein that in
humans is
encoded by the CRYM gene. Multiple...
-
conserved protein binding domain of
approximately 80 amino-acid
alpha crystallins are
known as
small heat
shock proteins (sHSP). It is
known that rapid...
- Gamma-
crystallin D is a
protein that in
humans is
encoded by the
CRYGD gene.
Crystallins are
separated into two classes: taxon-specific, or enzyme, and...
- most
closely related to δ-
crystallin in
amino acid
sequence and in
protein fold structure.
There are two
isoforms of δ-
crystallin, δI and δII.
These two...
