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/Alikely benign
rs53018682922:27,018,586C/Tuncertain significance
rs77349779222:27,018,587G/Alikely benign
rs251743115022:27,018,591C/Auncertain significance
rs76097688622:27,018,594T/Auncertain significance
rs7980475922:27,018,765T/Cbenign
rs7760600722:27,019,042G/Abenign
rs207186022:27,019,128C/Tbenign
rs7484791622:27,019,154G/Abenign
rs77507430222:27,019,187T/Clikely benign
rs76407847922:27,019,191G/Tlikely benign
rs75150332922:27,019,193C/Tbenign
rs14209070922:27,019,197G/Clikely benign
rs14051888822:27,019,218C/Tlikely benign
rs20142193222:27,019,219G/Aconflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs160233838022:27,019,223T/Cuncertain significance
rs13814814122:27,019,239C/Tlikely benign
rs14955165122:27,019,243T/Auncertain significance
rs14722277622:27,019,247C/Tconflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs75014270422:27,019,248G/Alikely benign
rs75764033322:27,019,263C/Tlikely benign
rs3552067222:27,019,264A/Gbenign
rs20116142022:27,019,266G/Alikely benign
rs192960131622:27,019,294T/Cuncertain significance
rs105752471022:27,019,295C/Auncertain significance
rs75290351922:27,019,317G/Alikely benign
rs7883963722:27,019,374C/Tbenign
rs7562745122:27,019,487C/Tbenign
rs7442274522:27,019,498A/Tbenign
rs18601220322:27,019,514A/Glikely benign
rs207186122:27,021,189A/Gbenign
rs6024711722:27,021,358C/Tbenign
rs207186222:27,021,401G/Abenign
rs7388014022:27,021,409C/Tbenign
rs427622:27,021,425A/Gbenign
rs192967448022:27,021,455T/Guncertain significance
rs576163722:27,021,457C/Tbenign
rs111416742722:27,021,476G/Tmissense variantpathogenic
rs7431548722:27,021,492T/Cmissense variantpathogenic
rs19963515222:27,021,497C/Tuncertain significance
rs192967636822:27,021,500G/Auncertain significance
rs14845480822:27,021,502C/Tlikely benign
rs77657305022:27,021,513G/Cuncertain significance
rs74563084922:27,021,529C/Tlikely benign
rs121759055122:27,021,544C/Tlikely benign
rs37292233722:27,021,548G/Tconflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs214598085422:27,021,563T/Clikely pathogenic
rs7431548622:27,021,567T/Cmissense variantpathogenic
rs74906601022:27,021,570G/Auncertain significance
rs15052582522:27,021,576C/Tlikely benign
rs37227193322:27,021,588T/Cuncertain significance
rs5611760122:27,021,589A/Gbenign
rs5629677922:27,021,857G/Alikely benign
rs14935365222:27,024,258C/Tlikely benign
rs74989521022:27,024,269G/Alikely benign
rs115680328122:27,024,270C/Guncertain significance
rs14313773622:27,024,275A/Tlikely benign
rs14665956522:27,024,276A/Guncertain significance
rs14388800222:27,024,296C/Tbenign
rs130554635422:27,024,303A/Guncertain significance
rs120077756722:27,024,335C/Tlikely benign
rs76586221622:27,024,371G/Alikely benign
rs251743752422:27,024,393G/Tuncertain significance
rs53205164622:27,024,401G/Alikely benign
rs600509922:27,024,504C/Tbenign
rs575236022:27,025,917C/G
rs14771288722:27,026,240C/Glikely benign
rs7520505222:27,026,286G/Abenign
rs78035810022:27,026,324C/Tuncertain significance
rs11746774822:27,026,325G/Alikely benign
rs137490628122:27,026,364C/Guncertain significance
rs54206934822:27,026,370C/Tlikely benign
rs53548833322:27,026,381A/Guncertain significance
rs100039669722:27,026,400C/Alikely benign
rs75879093722:27,026,435G/Cuncertain significance
rs11183840622:27,026,675G/Alikely benign

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.