P02489 (CRYAA_HUMAN) Reviewed, UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
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Names·Attributes·General annotation·Ontologies·Sequence annotation·Sequences·References·Cross-refs·Entry info·DocumentsCustomize orderNames and origin
| Protein names | Recommended name: Alpha-crystallin A chain Alternative name(s): Heat shock protein beta-4 Short name=HspB4 Cleaved into the following chain: | ||||
| Gene names |
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| Organism | Homo sapiens (Human) [Reference proteome] | ||||
| Taxonomic identifier | 9606 [NCBI] | ||||
| Taxonomic lineage | Eukaryota › Metazoa › Chordata › Craniata › Vertebrata › Euteleostomi › Mammalia › Eutheria › Euarchontoglires › Primates › Haplorrhini › Catarrhini › Hominidae › Homo![]() |
Protein attributes
| Sequence length | 173 AA. |
| Sequence status | Complete. |
| Sequence processing | The displayed sequence is further processed into a mature form. |
| Protein existence | Evidence at protein level |
General annotation (Comments)
| Function | May contribute to the transparency and refractive index of the lens. Has chaperone-like activity, preventing aggregation of various proteins under a wide range of stress conditions. Ref.20 |
| Subunit structure | Heteropolymer composed of three CRYAA and one CRYAB subunits. Inter-subunit bridging via zinc ions enhances stability, which is crucial as there is no protein turn over in the lens. Ref.19 Ref.21 |
| Subcellular location | Cytoplasm. Nucleus. Note: Translocates to the nucleus during heat shock and resides in sub-nuclear structures known as SC35 speckles or nuclear splicing speckles. Ref.18 |
| Post-translational modification | O-glycosylated; contains N-acetylglucosamine side chains. Ref.11 Deamidation of Asn-101 in lens occurs mostly during the first 30 years of age, followed by a small additional amount of deamidation (approximately 5%) during the next approximately 38 years, resulting in a maximum of approximately 50% deamidation during the lifetime of the individual. Phosphorylation on Ser-122 seems to be developmentally regulated. Absent in the first months of life, it appears during the first 12 years of human lifetime. The relative amount of phosphorylated form versus unphosphorylated form does not change over the lifetime of the individual. Ref.12 Ref.13 Ref.15 Ref.16 Acetylation at Lys-70 seems to increase chaperone activity. |
| Involvement in disease | Cataract autosomal dominant (ADC) [MIM:604219]: An opacification of the crystalline lens of the eye that frequently results in visual impairment or blindness. Opacities vary in morphology, are often confined to a portion of the lens, and may be static or progressive. In general, the more posteriorly located and dense an opacity, the greater the impact on visual function. |
| Sequence similarities | Belongs to the small heat shock protein (HSP20) family. |
| Mass spectrometry | Molecular mass is 19950 Da from positions 1 - 173. Determined by ESI. Ref.12 Molecular mass is 19863 Da from positions 1 - 172. Determined by ESI. Ref.12 Molecular mass is 20029 Da from positions 1 - 173. Determined by ESI. With 1 phosphate group. Ref.12 Molecular mass is 19951 Da from positions 1 - 173. Determined by ESI. Ref.15 Molecular mass is 19864 Da from positions 1 - 172. Determined by ESI. Ref.15 Molecular mass is 19947 Da from positions 1 - 173. Determined by ESI. Ref.16 Molecular mass is 19851 Da from positions 1 - 172. Determined by ESI. Ref.16 |
Ontologies
Sequence annotation (Features)
| Feature key | Position(s) | Length | Description | Graphical view | Feature identifier | ||||||
Molecule processing | |||||||||||
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| Chain | 1 – 173 | 173 | Alpha-crystallin A chain | PRO_0000125865 | |||||||
| Chain | 1 – 172 | 172 | Alpha-crystallin A chain, short form | PRO_0000226639 | |||||||
| Propeptide | 173 | 1 | Removed in short form | PRO_0000226640 | |||||||
Sites | |||||||||||
| Metal binding | 79 | 1 | Zinc | ||||||||
| Metal binding | 107 | 1 | Zinc | ||||||||
| Metal binding | 115 | 1 | Zinc | ||||||||
| Site | 18 | 1 | Susceptible to oxidation | ||||||||
| Site | 34 | 1 | Susceptible to oxidation | ||||||||
| Site | 138 | 1 | Susceptible to oxidation | ||||||||
Amino acid modifications | |||||||||||
| Modified residue | 1 | 1 | N-acetylmethionine | ||||||||
| Modified residue | 70 | 1 | N6-acetyllysine Ref.15 Ref.20 | ||||||||
| Modified residue | 99 | 1 | N6-acetyllysine Ref.20 | ||||||||
| Modified residue | 101 | 1 | Deamidated asparagine; partial Ref.12 Ref.14 Ref.15 | ||||||||
| Modified residue | 122 | 1 | Phosphoserine Ref.12 Ref.13 | ||||||||
| Glycosylation | 162 | 1 | O-linked (GlcNAc) By similarity | ||||||||
| Disulfide bond | 131 ↔ 142 | Ref.12 | |||||||||
Natural variations | |||||||||||
| Natural variant | 21 | 1 | R → L in congenital cataract; associated with macular hypoplasia and a generally hypopigmented fundus. Ref.25 | VAR_046892 | |||||||
| Natural variant | 49 | 1 | R → C in ADC; nuclear cataract. Ref.24 | VAR_038375 | |||||||
| Natural variant | 105 | 1 | D → H in a breast cancer sample; somatic mutation. Ref.26 | VAR_036564 | |||||||
| Natural variant | 116 | 1 | R → C in ADC; zonular central nuclear cataract; reduced chaperone-like activity and increased membrane-binding capacity. Ref.22 Ref.23 | VAR_003819 | |||||||
| Natural variant | 116 | 1 | R → H in ADC; reverse phase-high-performance liquid chromatography suggests an increase hydrophobicity of the mutant protein; loss of chaperone activity of the mutant is seen in DL-dithiothreitol-induced insulin aggregation assay; fast protein liquid chromatography purification shows that the mutant protein has increased binding affinity to lysozyme. Ref.27 | VAR_046893 | |||||||
Experimental info | |||||||||||
| Sequence conflict | 45 | 1 | S → T in AAA52105. Ref.9 | ||||||||
| Sequence conflict | 153 – 155 | 3 | THA → HT Ref.2 | ||||||||
Sequences
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References
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| [1] | "The amino acid sequence of the A chain of human alpha-crystallin." de Jong W.W., Terwindt E.C., Bloemendal H. FEBS Lett. 58:310-313(1975) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: PRELIMINARY PROTEIN SEQUENCE. |
| [2] | "A reassessment of mammalian alpha A-crystallin sequences using DNA sequencing: implications for anthropoid affinities of tarsier." Jaworski C.J. J. Mol. Evol. 41:901-908(1995) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA]. Tissue: Lens. |
| [3] | "Cloning, expression, and chaperone-like activity of human alphaA-crystallin." Andley U.P., Mathur S., Griest T.A., Petrash J.M. J. Biol. Chem. 271:31973-31980(1996) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA]. Tissue: Lens. |
| [4] | "Cloning of human full open reading frames in Gateway(TM) system entry vector (pDONR201)." Ebert L., Schick M., Neubert P., Schatten R., Henze S., Korn B. Submitted (MAY-2004) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE MRNA]. |
| [5] | "The DNA sequence of human chromosome 21." Hattori M., Fujiyama A., Taylor T.D., Watanabe H., Yada T., Park H.-S., Toyoda A., Ishii K., Totoki Y., Choi D.-K., Groner Y., Soeda E., Ohki M., Takagi T., Sakaki Y., Taudien S., Blechschmidt K., Polley A. Yaspo M.-L.Nature 405:311-319(2000) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE GENOMIC DNA]. |
| [6] | Mural R.J., Istrail S., Sutton G., Florea L., Halpern A.L., Mobarry C.M., Lippert R., Walenz B., Shatkay H., Dew I., Miller J.R., Flanigan M.J., Edwards N.J., Bolanos R., Fasulo D., Halldorsson B.V., Hannenhalli S., Turner R. Venter J.C.Submitted (SEP-2005) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE GENOMIC DNA]. |
| [7] | "The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC)." The MGC Project Team Genome Res. 14:2121-2127(2004) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE MRNA]. Tissue: Colon. |
| [8] | "A pseudo-exon in the functional human alpha A-crystallin gene." Jaworski C.J., Piatigorsky J. Nature 337:752-754(1989) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [GENOMIC DNA] OF 1-104. |
| [9] | "Isolation and partial characterization of the human alpha A-crystallin gene." McDevitt D.S., Hawkins J.W., Jaworski C.J., Piatigorsky J. Exp. Eye Res. 43:285-291(1986) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [GENOMIC DNA] OF 1-63 AND 166-173. Tissue: Spleen. |
| [10] | "Sequence analysis of betaA3, betaB3, and betaA4 crystallins completes the identification of the major proteins in young human lens." Lampi K.J., Ma Z., Shih M., Shearer T.R., Smith J.B., Smith D.L., David L.L. J. Biol. Chem. 272:2268-2275(1997) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: PROTEIN SEQUENCE OF 13-21 AND 79-88. |
| [11] | "Vertebrate lens alpha-crystallins are modified by O-linked N-acetylglucosamine." Roquemore E.P., Dell A., Morris H.R., Panico M., Reason A.J., Savoy L.-A., Wistow G.J., Zigler J.S. Jr., Earles B.J., Hart G.W. J. Biol. Chem. 267:555-563(1992) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: STRUCTURE OF CARBOHYDRATE. |
| [12] | "Post-translational modifications of water-soluble human lens crystallins from young adults." Miesbauer L.R., Zhou X., Yang Z., Yang Z., Sun Y., Smith D.L., Smith J.B. J. Biol. Chem. 269:12494-12502(1994) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: PHOSPHORYLATION AT SER-122, DISULFIDE BOND, PROTEOLYTIC PROCESSING OF C-TERMINAL, DEAMIDATION AT ASN-101, MASS SPECTROMETRY. |
| [13] | "Differential phosphorylation of alpha-A crystallin in human lens of different age." Takemoto L.J. Exp. Eye Res. 62:499-504(1996) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: PHOSPHORYLATION AT SER-122. |
| [14] | "Quantitation of asparagine-101 deamidation from alpha-A crystallin during aging of the human lens." Takemoto L.J. Curr. Eye Res. 17:247-250(1998) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: DEAMIDATION AT ASN-101. |
| [15] | "In vivo acetylation identified at lysine 70 of human lens alphaA-crystallin." Lin P.P., Barry R.C., Smith D.L., Smith J.B. Protein Sci. 7:1451-1457(1998) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: PROTEOLYTIC PROCESSING OF C-TERMINAL, ACETYLATION AT LYS-70, PHOSPHORYLATION, DEAMIDATION AT ASN-101, MASS SPECTROMETRY. |
| [16] | "The major in vivo modifications of the human water-insoluble lens crystallins are disulfide bonds, deamidation, methionine oxidation and backbone cleavage." Hanson S.R.A., Hasan A., Smith D.L., Smith J.B. Exp. Eye Res. 71:195-207(2000) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: PHOSPHORYLATION, SUSCEPTIBILITY TO OXIDATION, PROTEOLYTIC PROCESSING OF C-TERMINAL, MASS SPECTROMETRY. |
| [17] | "Chaperone-like activity of alpha-crystallin and other small heat shock proteins." Ganea E. Curr. Protein Pept. Sci. 2:205-225(2001) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: REVIEW. |
| [18] | "HSPB7 is a SC35 speckle resident small heat shock protein." Vos M.J., Kanon B., Kampinga H.H. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1793:1343-1353(2009) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: SUBCELLULAR LOCATION. |
| [19] | "Importance of eye lens alpha-crystallin heteropolymer with 3:1 alphaA to alphaB ratio: stability, aggregation, and modifications." Srinivas P., Narahari A., Petrash J.M., Swamy M.J., Reddy G.B. IUBMB Life 62:693-702(2010) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: SUBUNIT. |
| [20] | "Acetylation of alphaA-crystallin in the human lens: effects on structure and chaperone function." Nagaraj R.H., Nahomi R.B., Shanthakumar S., Linetsky M., Padmanabha S., Pasupuleti N., Wang B., Santhoshkumar P., Panda A.K., Biswas A. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1822:120-129(2012) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: FUNCTION, ACETYLATION AT LYS-70 AND LYS-99. |
| [21] | "Identification of histidine residues involved in Zn(2+) binding to alphaA- and alphaB-Crystallin by chemical modification and MALDI TOF mass spectrometry." Karmakar S., Das K.P. Protein J. 31:623-640(2012) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: SUBUNIT, ZINC-BINDING SITES. |
| [22] | "Autosomal dominant congenital cataract associated with a missense mutation in the human alpha crystallin gene CRYAA." Litt M., Kramer P., la Morticella D.M., Murphey W., Lovrien E.W., Weleber R.G. Hum. Mol. Genet. 7:471-474(1998) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: VARIANT ADC CYS-116. |
| [23] | "Structural and functional changes in the alpha A-crystallin R116C mutant in hereditary cataracts." Cobb B.A., Petrash J.M. Biochemistry 39:15791-15798(2000) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: CHARACTERIZATION OF VARIANT ADC CYS-116. |
| [24] | "Cell death triggered by a novel mutation in the alphaA-crystallin gene underlies autosomal dominant cataract linked to chromosome 21q." Mackay D.S., Andley U.P., Shiels A. Eur. J. Hum. Genet. 11:784-793(2003) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: VARIANT ADC CYS-49. |
| [25] | "Congenital cataract and macular hypoplasia in humans associated with a de novo mutation in CRYAA and compound heterozygous mutations in P." Graw J., Klopp N., Illig T., Preising M.N., Lorenz B. Graefes Arch. Clin. Exp. Ophthalmol. 244:912-919(2006) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: VARIANT CONGENITAL CATARACT LEU-21. |
| [26] | "The consensus coding sequences of human breast and colorectal cancers." Sjoeblom T., Jones S., Wood L.D., Parsons D.W., Lin J., Barber T.D., Mandelker D., Leary R.J., Ptak J., Silliman N., Szabo S., Buckhaults P., Farrell C., Meeh P., Markowitz S.D., Willis J., Dawson D., Willson J.K.V. Velculescu V.E.Science 314:268-274(2006) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: VARIANT [LARGE SCALE ANALYSIS] HIS-105. |
| [27] | "A novel mutation in AlphaA-crystallin (CRYAA) caused autosomal dominant congenital cataract in a large Chinese family." Gu F., Luo W., Li X., Wang Z., Lu S., Zhang M., Zhao B., Zhu S., Feng S., Yan Y.-B., Huang S., Ma X. Hum. Mutat. 29:769-769(2008) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: VARIANT ADC HIS-116, CHARACTERIZATION OF VARIANT ADC HIS-116. |
| + | Additional computationally mapped references. |
Cross-references
Sequence databases | |
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| EMBL GenBank DDBJ | U05569 mRNA. Translation: AAA97523.1. U66584 mRNA. Translation: AAC50900.1. X14789 mRNA. Translation: CAA32891.1. CR407691 mRNA. Translation: CAG28619.1. AP001631 Genomic DNA. No translation available. AP001748 Genomic DNA. Translation: BAA95535.1. CH471079 Genomic DNA. Translation: EAX09497.1. CH471079 Genomic DNA. Translation: EAX09498.1. BC069528 mRNA. Translation: AAH69528.1. BC113598 mRNA. Translation: AAI13599.1. M35628 Genomic DNA. Translation: AAA52106.1. M35629 Genomic DNA. Translation: AAA52105.1. |
| IPI | IPI00021062. |
| PIR | CYHUAA. S03344. |
| RefSeq | NP_000385.1. NM_000394.2. |
| UniGene | Hs.184085. |
3D structure databases | |
| DisProt | DP00444. |
| ProteinModelPortal | P02489. |
| ModBase | Search... |
Protein-protein interaction databases | |
| DIP | DIP-41265N. |
| MINT | MINT-220977. |
| STRING | 9606.ENSP00000291554. |
PTM databases | |
| GlycoSuiteDB | P02489. |
| PhosphoSite | P02489. |
Polymorphism databases | |
| DMDM | 1706112. |
2D gel databases | |
| SWISS-2DPAGE | P02489. |
Proteomic databases | |
| PaxDb | P02489. |
| PeptideAtlas | P02489. |
| PRIDE | P02489. |
Protocols and materials databases | |
| DNASU | 1409. |
| StructuralBiologyKnowledgebase | Search... |
Genome annotation databases | |
| Ensembl | ENST00000291554; ENSP00000291554; ENSG00000160202. |
| GeneID | 1409. |
| KEGG | hsa:1409. |
| UCSC | uc002zdd.1. human. |
Organism-specific databases | |
| CTD | 1409. |
| GeneCards | GC21P044589. |
| HGNC | HGNC:2388. CRYAA. |
| MIM | 123580. gene+phenotype. 604219. phenotype. |
| neXtProt | NX_P02489. |
| Orphanet | 1377. Cataract-microcornea syndrome. 98991. Nuclear cataract. 98995. Zonular cataract. |
| PharmGKB | PA26906. |
| GenAtlas | Search... |
Phylogenomic databases | |
| eggNOG | NOG278874. |
| HOGENOM | HOG000233954. |
| HOVERGEN | HBG054766. |
| InParanoid | P02489. |
| KO | K09541. |
| OMA | GPKVQSG. |
| OrthoDB | EOG4F1X4B. |
| PhylomeDB | P02489. |
Gene expression databases | |
| ArrayExpress | P02489. |
| Bgee | P02489. |
| CleanEx | HS_CRYAA. |
| Genevestigator | P02489. |
| GermOnline | ENSG00000160202. Homo sapiens. |
Family and domain databases | |
| InterPro | IPR002068. a-crystallin/Hsp20_dom. IPR001436. Alpha-crystallin/HSP. IPR012274. Alpha-crystallin_A. IPR003090. Alpha-crystallin_N. IPR008978. HSP20-like_chaperone. [Graphical view] |
| PANTHER | PTHR11527:SF36. PTHR11527:SF36. 1 hit. |
| Pfam | PF00525. Crystallin. 1 hit. PF00011. HSP20. 1 hit. [Graphical view] |
| PIRSF | PIRSF036514. Sm_HSP_B1. 1 hit. |
| PRINTS | PR00299. ACRYSTALLIN. |
| SUPFAM | SSF49764. HSP20_chap. 1 hit. |
| PROSITE | PS01031. HSP20. 1 hit. [Graphical view] |
| ProtoNet | Search... |
Other | |
| GenomeRNAi | 1409. |
| NextBio | 5761. |
| SOURCE | Search... |
Entry information
| Entry name | CRYAA_HUMAN | ||||||||
| Accession | Primary (citable) accession number: P02489 Secondary accession number(s): Q53X53 | ||||||||
| Entry history |
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| Entry status | Reviewed (UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot) | ||||||||
| Annotation program | Chordata Protein Annotation Program | ||||||||
| Disclaimer | Any medical or genetic information present in this entry is provided for research, educational and informational purposes only. It is not in any way intended to be used as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, treatment or care. | ||||||||
Relevant documents
| Human chromosome 21 Human chromosome 21: entries, gene names and cross-references to MIM |
| Human entries with polymorphisms or disease mutations List of human entries with polymorphisms or disease mutations |
| Human polymorphisms and disease mutations Index of human polymorphisms and disease mutations |
| MIM cross-references Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (MIM) cross-references in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot |
| SIMILARITY comments Index of protein domains and families |

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