A heterogeneous family of water-soluble structural proteins found in cells of the vertebrate lens. The presence of these proteins accounts for the transparency of the lens. The family is composed of four major groups, alpha, beta, gamma, and delta, and several minor groups, which are classed on the basis of size, charge, immunological properties, a...
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Major proteins of the vertebrate lens. Range from high MW oligomeric species to low MW monomeric species. Immunological cross-reactivity suggests that the sequences of crystallin subunits are relatively highly conserved in evolution.
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