Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables identical protein binding activity. Acts upstream of or within camera-type eye development. Is expressed in several structures, including eye. Used to study age related macular degeneration 1 and cataract 10 multiple types. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in cataract and cataract 10 multiple types. Orthologous to human CRYBA1 (crystallin beta A1).