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CRYZ

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CRYZ
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesCRYZ, crystallin zeta
External IDsOMIM: 123691; MGI: 88527; HomoloGene: 133907; GeneCards: CRYZ; OMA:CRYZ - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001130042
NM_001130043
NM_001134759
NM_001889

NM_009968

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001123514
NP_001123515
NP_001128231
NP_001880

Location (UCSC)Chr 1: 74.71 – 74.73 MbChr 3: 154.6 – 154.62 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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Quinone oxidoreductase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the CRYZ gene.[5]

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. The former class is also called phylogenetically-restricted crystallins. This gene encodes a taxon-specific crystallin protein which has NADPH-dependent quinone reductase activity distinct from other known quinone reductases. It lacks alcohol dehydrogenase activity although by similarity it is considered a member of the zinc-containing alcohol dehydrogenase family. Unlike other mammalian species, in humans, lens expression is low. One pseudogene is known to exist.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000116791Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000028199Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: CRYZ crystallin, zeta (quinone reductase)".
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Further reading

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