UniProt functional annotation for P02528

UniProt code: P02528.

Organism: Rattus norvegicus (Rat).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Glires; Rodentia; Myomorpha; Muroidea; Muridae; Murinae; Rattus.
 
Function: Crystallins are the dominant structural components of the vertebrate eye lens.
 
Tissue specificity: Detected in the superior olivary complex and fibers of the ventral aoustic stria of the auditory hindbrain. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:27517863}.
Domain: Has a two-domain beta-structure, folded into four very similar Greek key motifs.
Miscellaneous: There are six different gamma crystallins identified in rat lens.
Similarity: Belongs to the beta/gamma-crystallin family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.