Cryba2 - crystallin, beta A2

Enables identical protein binding activity. Acts upstream of or within lens development in camera-type eye. Is expressed in brain; eye; gut gland; and pancreas primordium. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in cataract 42. Orthologous to human CRYBA2 (crystallin beta A2). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]