CRYBA4

crystallin beta A4

Summary

Crystallins are separated into two classes: taxon-specific, or enzyme, and ubiquitous. The latter class constitutes the major proteins of vertebrate eye lens and maintains the transparency and refractive index of the lens. Since lens central fiber cells lose their nuclei during development, these crystallins are made and then retained throughout life, making them extremely stable proteins. Mammalian lens crystallins are divided into alpha, beta, and gamma families; beta and gamma crystallins are also considered as a superfamily. Alpha and beta families are further divided into acidic and basic groups. Seven protein regions exist in crystallins: four homologous motifs, a connecting peptide, and N- and C-terminal extensions. Beta-crystallins, the most heterogeneous, differ by the presence of the C-terminal extension (present in the basic group, none in the acidic group). Beta-crystallins form aggregates of different sizes and are able to self-associate to form dimers or to form heterodimers with other beta-crystallins. This gene, a beta acidic group member, is part of a gene cluster with beta-B1, beta-B2, and beta-B3. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Known Variants82 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs53533755922:26,986,276C/T——
rs111416743222:26,995,456A/Gstop lostuncertain significance
rs7431548822:26,995,555C/Astop gainedpathogenic
rs111416743322:27,003,898G/Tmissense variantpathogenic
rs86430968222:27,003,917C/Tmissense variantpathogenic
rs482275222:27,011,420C/Tregulatory region variant—
rs11544270022:27,018,509G/A—likely benign
rs53018682922:27,018,586C/T—uncertain significance
rs77349779222:27,018,587G/A—likely benign
rs251743115022:27,018,591C/A—uncertain significance
rs76097688622:27,018,594T/A—uncertain significance
rs7980475922:27,018,765T/C—benign
rs7760600722:27,019,042G/A—benign
rs207186022:27,019,128C/T—benign
rs7484791622:27,019,154G/A—benign
rs77507430222:27,019,187T/C—likely benign
rs76407847922:27,019,191G/T—likely benign
rs75150332922:27,019,193C/T—benign
rs14209070922:27,019,197G/C—likely benign
rs14051888822:27,019,218C/T—likely benign
rs20142193222:27,019,219G/A—conflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs160233838022:27,019,223T/C—uncertain significance
rs13814814122:27,019,239C/T—likely benign
rs14955165122:27,019,243T/A—uncertain significance
rs14722277622:27,019,247C/T—conflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs75014270422:27,019,248G/A—likely benign
rs75764033322:27,019,263C/T—likely benign
rs3552067222:27,019,264A/G—benign
rs20116142022:27,019,266G/A—likely benign
rs192960131622:27,019,294T/C—uncertain significance
rs105752471022:27,019,295C/A—uncertain significance
rs75290351922:27,019,317G/A—likely benign
rs7883963722:27,019,374C/T—benign
rs7562745122:27,019,487C/T—benign
rs7442274522:27,019,498A/T—benign
rs18601220322:27,019,514A/G—likely benign
rs207186122:27,021,189A/G—benign
rs6024711722:27,021,358C/T—benign
rs207186222:27,021,401G/A—benign
rs7388014022:27,021,409C/T—benign
rs427622:27,021,425A/G—benign
rs192967448022:27,021,455T/G—uncertain significance
rs576163722:27,021,457C/T—benign
rs111416742722:27,021,476G/Tmissense variantpathogenic
rs7431548722:27,021,492T/Cmissense variantpathogenic
rs19963515222:27,021,497C/T—uncertain significance
rs192967636822:27,021,500G/A—uncertain significance
rs14845480822:27,021,502C/T—likely benign
rs77657305022:27,021,513G/C—uncertain significance
rs74563084922:27,021,529C/T—likely benign
rs121759055122:27,021,544C/T—likely benign
rs37292233722:27,021,548G/T—conflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs214598085422:27,021,563T/C—likely pathogenic
rs7431548622:27,021,567T/Cmissense variantpathogenic
rs74906601022:27,021,570G/A—uncertain significance
rs15052582522:27,021,576C/T—likely benign
rs37227193322:27,021,588T/C—uncertain significance
rs5611760122:27,021,589A/G—benign
rs5629677922:27,021,857G/A—likely benign
rs14935365222:27,024,258C/T—likely benign
rs74989521022:27,024,269G/A—likely benign
rs115680328122:27,024,270C/G—uncertain significance
rs14313773622:27,024,275A/T—likely benign
rs14665956522:27,024,276A/G—uncertain significance
rs14388800222:27,024,296C/T—benign
rs130554635422:27,024,303A/G—uncertain significance
rs120077756722:27,024,335C/T—likely benign
rs76586221622:27,024,371G/A—likely benign
rs251743752422:27,024,393G/T—uncertain significance
rs53205164622:27,024,401G/A—likely benign
rs600509922:27,024,504C/T—benign
rs575236022:27,025,917C/G——
rs14771288722:27,026,240C/G—likely benign
rs7520505222:27,026,286G/A—benign
rs78035810022:27,026,324C/T—uncertain significance
rs11746774822:27,026,325G/A—likely benign
rs137490628122:27,026,364C/G—uncertain significance
rs54206934822:27,026,370C/T—likely benign
rs53548833322:27,026,381A/G—uncertain significance
rs100039669722:27,026,400C/A—likely benign
rs75879093722:27,026,435G/C—uncertain significance
rs11183840622:27,026,675G/A—likely benign

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.