Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Predicted to enable identical protein binding activity. Predicted to be a structural constituent of eye lens. Predicted to be involved in lens development in camera-type eye and visual perception. Is expressed in eye. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in cataract 23. Orthologous to human CRYBA4 (crystallin beta A4).