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Gene information for CRYM (Homo sapiens)
(Information is obtained from NCBI Gene database)
Entrez gene ID1428
Official gene symbolCRYM
Full namecrystallin, mu
Aliases,DFNA40,THBP,
Gene summaryCrystallins are separated into two classes: taxon-specific and ubiquitous. The former class is also called phylogenetically-restricted crystallins. The latter class constitutes the major proteins of vertebrate eye lens and maintains the transparency and refractive index of the lens. This gene encodes a taxon-specific crystallin protein that binds NADPH and has sequence similarity to bacterial ornithine cyclodeaminases. The encoded protein does not perform a structural role in lens tissue, and instead it binds thyroid hormone for possible regulatory or developmental roles. Mutations in this gene have been associated with autosomal dominant non-syndromic deafness. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq]
LocationChromosome: 16   Locus: 16p13.11-p12.3
Gene position21314404 - 21269839  Map Viewer
Gene orientationminus
Gene size44566 bp
Gene sequence
OMIM ID123740