Crystallin, alpha B

mammalian protein found in Mus musculus
Class type of: protein Q21499352

Facts

9 properties
Instance of
protein
Subclass of
protein[2]
Part of
HSP20-like chaperone, Alpha crystallin/Heat shock protein, Alpha-crystallin, N-terminal domain, protein family, Alpha crystallin/Hsp20 domain, protein family, Alpha-crystallin B chain, ACD domain, protein family[3][4][5][6][7]
Biological process
tubulin complex assembly, negative regulation of cysteine-type endopeptidase activity involved in apoptotic process, response to hypoxia, apoptotic process involved in morphogenesis, muscle organ development, negative regulation of gene expression, lens development in camera-type eye, camera-type eye development, ageing, regulation of cell death, response to estradiol, negative regulation of intracellular transport, negative regulation of protein homooligomerization, response to hydrogen peroxide, negative regulation of apoptotic process, protein stabilization, protein homooligomerization, cellular response to gamma radiation, negative regulation of amyloid fibril formation, multicellular organism aging, protein folding, negative regulation of cell growth, microtubule polymerization or depolymerization, stress-activated MAPK cascade, negative regulation of reactive oxygen species metabolic process, negative regulation of transcription, DNA-templated, negative regulation of transcription, DNA-templated
Cell component
cytoplasm, cytosol, myelin sheath, plasma membrane, Z discdkac, mitochondrion, contractile fiber, nucleus, Golgi apparatus, cell surface, postsynaptic density, microtubule cytoskeleton, axon, M band, I band, actin filament bundle, dendritic spine, perikaryon, synapse, synaptic membrane, cardiac myofibril, myelin sheath, protein-containing complex, protein-containing complex
Encoded by
Cryab
Found in taxon
house mouse
Has part(s)
Alpha crystallin/Hsp20 domain, Alpha-crystallin, N-terminal, Alpha-crystallin B chain, ACD domain[8][9][10]
Molecular function
metal ion binding, protein binding, structural constituent of eye lens, identical protein binding, protein homodimerization activity, unfolded protein binding, amyloid-beta binding, protein-containing complex binding, microtubule binding, cytoskeletal protein binding[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]
🏷️ Also known as
en alpha(B)-crystallin en alpha-crystallin B chain en Cryab en crystallin, alpha 2 en Crystallin, alpha B en heat shock protein CryAB en heat shock protein HspB5 en P23

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Summary

Crystallin, alpha B is a protein[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . UniProt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Mechanism of small heat shock protein function in vivo: a knock-in mouse model demonstrates that the R49C mutation in alpha A-crystallin enhances protein insolubility and cell death. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Morphological characterization of the Alpha A- and Alpha B-crystallin double knockout mouse lens. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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