Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to be a structural constituent of eye lens. Acts upstream of or within lens development in camera-type eye. Is expressed in several structures, including central nervous system; eye; gonad; and gut gland. Used to study cataract. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in cataract 4 multiple types and cataract 7. Orthologous to human CRYGD (crystallin gamma D).