Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
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; lens; and lens fiber. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in cataract and cataract 17 multiple types. Orthologous to human CRYBB1 (crystallin beta B1).