The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Crystallin, alpha A across different species:

crystallin, alpha A (CRYAA), crystallin, alpha A (Cryaa), crystallin, alpha A (cryaa-A), alphaA-crystallin (CpipJ_CPIJ005646), crystallin, alpha A (cryaa), alpha-A-crystallin protein (alpha-a-crystallin), alpha-crystallin A chain-like (LOC100384978), alpha-crystallin A chain-like (LOC100460863)

Other aliases include:

CRYA1, HSPB4, Crya1, lop18, Acry-1, Crya-1, DAcry-1, AI323437, cryaa-A, CRYAA, fc06h04, MGC92036, zgc:92036, wu:fc06h04, alpha-a-crystallin

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Crystallin, alpha A:

crystallin, alpha A – crystallin, alpha-1 – human alphaA-crystallin (CRYA1) – lens opacity 18 – alpha-A-crystallin – crystallin, alpha 1 – alpha-crystallin A chain – Crystallin, alpha polypeptide A – alphaA-crystallin – alpha A crystallin – hspb4 – [a]A-crystallin – alpha-A-crystallin protein – alpha-crystallin A chain-like

Crystallin, alpha A fulfills a number of functions:

structural constituent of eye lens – unfolded protein binding – identical protein binding – protein binding

Crystallin, alpha A is relevant to the following processes:

M phase specific microtubule process – actin filament organization – anti-apoptosis – camera-type eye development – lens fiber cell morphogenesis – mitochondrion organization – negative regulation of intracellular transport – protein homooligomerization – protein refolding – response to heat – response to stimulus – visual perception – lens morphogenesis in camera-type eye – apoptosis – apoptosis involved in morphogenesis – embryonic camera-type eye morphogenesis – lens development in camera-type eye – negative regulation of apoptosis – negative regulation of caspase activity – negative regulation of gene expression – positive regulation of cell growth – positive regulation of protein amino acid phosphorylation – protein folding – response to UV-A – response to drug – response to glucocorticoid stimulus – response to hydrogen peroxide – response to hypoxia – response to lead ion – tubulin complex assembly – eye development

Locations for Crystallin, alpha A:

cytoplasm – cellular_component

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology