Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables identical protein binding activity. A structural constituent of eye lens. Acts upstream of or within camera-type eye development and visual perception. Is expressed in brain and eye. Used to study cataract 3 multiple types. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in cataract and cataract 3 multiple types. Orthologous to human CRYBB2 (crystallin beta B2).