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CRYZ crystallin zeta [ Homo sapiens (human) ]

Gene ID: 1429, updated on 3-Apr-2024

Summary

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Official Symbol
CRYZprovided by HGNC
Official Full Name
crystallin zetaprovided by HGNC
Primary source
HGNC:HGNC:2419
See related
Ensembl:ENSG00000116791 MIM:123691; AllianceGenome:HGNC:2419
Gene type
protein coding
RefSeq status
REVIEWED
Organism
Homo sapiens
Lineage
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo
Summary
Crystallins are separated into two classes: taxon-specific, or enzyme, and ubiquitous. The latter class constitutes the major proteins of vertebrate eye lens and maintains the transparency and refractive index of the lens. The former class is also called phylogenetically-restricted crystallins. This gene encodes a taxon-specific crystallin protein which has NADPH-dependent quinone reductase activity distinct from other known quinone reductases. It lacks alcohol dehydrogenase activity although by similarity it is considered a member of the zinc-containing alcohol dehydrogenase family. Unlike other mammalian species, in humans, lens expression is low. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. One pseudogene is known to exist. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2008]
Expression
Broad expression in kidney (RPKM 99.6), liver (RPKM 48.8) and 23 other tissues See more
Orthologs
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Genomic context

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Location:
1p31.1
Exon count:
10
Annotation release Status Assembly Chr Location
RS_2023_10 current GRCh38.p14 (GCF_000001405.40) 1 NC_000001.11 (74705486..74733050, complement)
RS_2023_10 current T2T-CHM13v2.0 (GCF_009914755.1) 1 NC_060925.1 (74547169..74574691, complement)
105.20220307 previous assembly GRCh37.p13 (GCF_000001405.25) 1 NC_000001.10 (75171170..75198734, complement)

Chromosome 1 - NC_000001.11Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene FPGT-TNNI3K readthrough Neighboring gene TNNI3 interacting kinase Neighboring gene NANOG-H3K27ac hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr1:74994213-74994947 Neighboring gene leucine rich repeat containing 53 Neighboring gene ERICH3 antisense RNA 1 Neighboring gene glutamate rich 3 Neighboring gene OCT4-NANOG hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr1:75187729-75188286 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 1199 Neighboring gene H3K27ac hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr1:75198416-75199126 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 1201 Neighboring gene NANOG hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr1:75311356-75311857 Neighboring gene tRNA-yW synthesizing protein 3 homolog Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr1:75342688-75343188 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr1:75343189-75343689 Neighboring gene H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr1:75417464-75418002 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr1:75452641-75453140 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr1:75548004-75548706 Neighboring gene OCT4-NANOG-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr1:75548707-75549409 Neighboring gene Sharpr-MPRA regulatory region 8849 Neighboring gene MPRA-validated peak288 silencer Neighboring gene CDK7 strongly-dependent group 2 enhancer GRCh37_chr1:75597021-75598220 Neighboring gene LHX8 antisense RNA 1 Neighboring gene LIM homeobox 8

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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Expression

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  • Project title: HPA RNA-seq normal tissues
  • Description: RNA-seq was performed of tissue samples from 95 human individuals representing 27 different tissues in order to determine tissue-specificity of all protein-coding genes
  • BioProject: PRJEB4337
  • Publication: PMID 24309898
  • Analysis date: Wed Apr 4 07:08:55 2018

Bibliography

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Related articles in PubMed

  1. Zeta-crystallin: a moonlighting player in cancer. Lulli M, et al. Cell Mol Life Sci, 2020 Mar. PMID 31563996
  2. Kinetic and structural evidence of the alkenal/one reductase specificity of human ζ-crystallin. Porté S, et al. Cell Mol Life Sci, 2011 Mar. PMID 20835842
  3. zeta-Crystallin is a bcl-2 mRNA binding protein involved in bcl-2 overexpression in T-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia. Lapucci A, et al. FASEB J, 2010 Jun. PMID 20103721, Free PMC Article
  4. Functional implications of antiestrogen induction of quinone reductase: inhibition of estrogen-induced deoxyribonucleic acid damage. Bianco NR, et al. Mol Endocrinol, 2003 Jul. PMID 12714703
  5. Induction of NADPH:quinone reductase by dietary phytoestrogens in colonic Colo205 cells. Wang W, et al. Biochem Pharmacol, 1998 Jul 15. PMID 9698072

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

What's a GeneRIF?
  1. Zeta-crystallin is a moonlighting protein endowed with two main different functions: (1) mRNA binding with stabilizing activity; (2) NADPH:quinone oxidoreductase. Zeta-crystallin has been clearly demonstrated to stabilize mRNAs encoding proteins involved in renal glutamine catabolism during metabolic acidosis resulting in ammoniagenesis and bicarbonate ion production that concur to compensate such condition. [review]
    Title: Zeta-crystallin: a moonlighting player in cancer.
  2. Our results suggest that genetic variants in TYW3/CRYZ and NDST4 loci may be involved in the regulation of circulating resistin levels
    Title: Genome-wide association analysis identifies TYW3/CRYZ and NDST4 loci associated with circulating resistin levels.
  3. role of Zta1p in the yeast adaptation to some stress types and the general functional significance of zeta-crystallins
    Title: Novel alkenal/one reductase activity of yeast NADPH:quinone reductase Zta1p. Prospect of the functional role for the ζ-crystallin family.
  4. novel enzymatic activity for human zeta-crystallin, the double- bond a,b-hydrogenation of 2-alkenals and 3-alkenones, was identified.
    Title: Kinetic and structural evidence of the alkenal/one reductase specificity of human ζ-crystallin.
  5. zeta-Crystallin is a bcl-2 mRNA binding protein involved in bcl-2 overexpression in T-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia.
    Title: zeta-Crystallin is a bcl-2 mRNA binding protein involved in bcl-2 overexpression in T-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia.
  6. Observational study of gene-disease association. (HuGE Navigator)
    Title: [Polymorphism of MAO-B gene and NAD(P)H: quinone oxidoreductase gene in Parkinson's disease].
  7. up-regulation of quinone reductase can protect breast cells against oxidative DNA damage
    Title: Functional implications of antiestrogen induction of quinone reductase: inhibition of estrogen-induced deoxyribonucleic acid damage.
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Phenotypes

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Review eQTL and phenotype association data in this region using PheGenI

EBI GWAS Catalog

Description
Genome-wide association analysis identifies TYW3/CRYZ and NDST4 loci associated with circulating resistin levels.
EBI GWAS Catalog

Variation

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Genotypes

HIV-1 interactions

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Protein interactions

Protein Gene Interaction Pubs
Tat tat HIV-1 Tat downregulates the expression of crystallin, zeta (CRYZ; quinone reductase) in human primary T cells PubMed

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Interactions

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Products Interactant Other Gene Complex Source Pubs Description

General gene information

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Markers

Homology

Clone Names

  • FLJ41475, DKFZp779E0834

Gene Ontology Provided by GOA

Function Evidence Code Pubs
NOT enables NADH binding IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
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enables NADPH binding IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
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enables NADPH binding IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
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enables NADPH:quinone reductase activity IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
  
enables NADPH:quinone reductase activity IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
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enables identical protein binding IPI
Inferred from Physical Interaction
more info
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enables mRNA 3'-UTR binding IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
  
enables mRNA 3'-UTR binding IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
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enables zinc ion binding IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
Process Evidence Code Pubs
involved_in protein homotetramerization IPI
Inferred from Physical Interaction
more info
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involved_in visual perception TAS
Traceable Author Statement
more info
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involved_in xenobiotic catabolic process IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
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Component Evidence Code Pubs
is_active_in cytosol IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
  
located_in cytosol IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
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located_in extracellular exosome HDA PubMed 

General protein information

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Preferred Names
quinone oxidoreductase
Names
NADPH:quinone reductase
crystallin, zeta (quinone reductase)
epididymis secretory sperm binding protein
NP_001123514.1
NP_001123515.1
NP_001128231.1
NP_001880.2
XP_011539049.1
XP_016855856.1
XP_047302707.1
XP_054190511.1
XP_054190512.1
XP_054190513.1

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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RefSeqs maintained independently of Annotated Genomes

These reference sequences exist independently of genome builds. Explain

These reference sequences are curated independently of the genome annotation cycle, so their versions may not match the RefSeq versions in the current genome build. Identify version mismatches by comparing the version of the RefSeq in this section to the one reported in Genomic regions, transcripts, and products above.

Genomic

  1. NG_029880.1 RefSeqGene

    Range
    5359..32923
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mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. NM_001130042.2 → NP_001123514.1  quinone oxidoreductase isoform a

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_001123514.1

    Status: REVIEWED

    Description
    Transcript Variant: This variant (1) represents the longest transcript and encodes the longest isoform (a). Variants 1 and 2 both encode isoform a.
    Source sequence(s)
    BC039578, BC070058, DA256305
    Consensus CDS
    CCDS665.1
    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    A6NN60, D3DQ76, Q08257, Q53FT0, Q59EU7, Q5HYE7, Q6NSK9
    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    A0A384P5L2
    Related
    ENSP00000399805.1, ENST00000417775.5
    Conserved Domains (2) summary
    cd08253
    Location:8 → 329
    zeta_crystallin; Zeta-crystallin with NADP-dependent quinone reductase activity (QOR)
    COG0604
    Location:8 → 327
    Qor; NADPH:quinone reductase or related Zn-dependent oxidoreductase [Energy production and conversion, General function prediction only]

  2. NM_001130043.2 → NP_001123515.1  quinone oxidoreductase isoform b

    Status: REVIEWED

    Description
    Transcript Variant: This variant (3) differs in the 5' UTR and lacks an alternate in-frame exon compared to variant 1. The resulting isoform (b) has the same N- and C-termini but is shorter compared to isoform a.
    Source sequence(s)
    AK314813, BC039578, DA256305
    Consensus CDS
    CCDS44162.1
    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    A0A384P5L2
    Related
    ENSP00000359908.3, ENST00000370871.7
    Conserved Domains (2) summary
    cd08253
    Location:8 → 295
    zeta_crystallin; Zeta-crystallin with NADP-dependent quinone reductase activity (QOR)
    COG0604
    Location:8 → 293
    Qor; NADPH:quinone reductase or related Zn-dependent oxidoreductase [Energy production and conversion, General function prediction only]

  3. NM_001134759.2 → NP_001128231.1  quinone oxidoreductase isoform c

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_001128231.1

    Status: REVIEWED

    Description
    Transcript Variant: This variant (4) differs in the 5' UTR and CDS compard to variant 1. The resulting isoform (c) has a different and much shorter N-terminus compared to isoform a.
    Source sequence(s)
    AC091611, BC039578, BX647883
    Consensus CDS
    CCDS44163.1
    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    Q08257
    Related
    ENSP00000359909.3, ENST00000370872.7
    Conserved Domains (2) summary
    cd08253
    Location:3 → 192
    zeta_crystallin; Zeta-crystallin with NADP-dependent quinone reductase activity (QOR)
    COG0604
    Location:9 → 190
    Qor; NADPH:quinone reductase or related Zn-dependent oxidoreductase [Energy production and conversion, General function prediction only]

  4. NM_001889.4 → NP_001880.2  quinone oxidoreductase isoform a

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_001880.2

    Status: REVIEWED

    Description
    Transcript Variant: This variant (2) differs in the 5' UTR compared to variant 1. Variants 1 and 2 both encode isoform a.
    Source sequence(s)
    BC039578, DA256305
    Consensus CDS
    CCDS665.1
    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    A6NN60, D3DQ76, Q08257, Q53FT0, Q59EU7, Q5HYE7, Q6NSK9
    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    A0A384P5L2
    Related
    ENSP00000339399.5, ENST00000340866.10
    Conserved Domains (2) summary
    cd08253
    Location:8 → 329
    zeta_crystallin; Zeta-crystallin with NADP-dependent quinone reductase activity (QOR)
    COG0604
    Location:8 → 327
    Qor; NADPH:quinone reductase or related Zn-dependent oxidoreductase [Energy production and conversion, General function prediction only]

RefSeqs of Annotated Genomes: GCF_000001405.40-RS_2023_10

The following sections contain reference sequences that belong to a specific genome build. Explain

Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

Genomic

  1. NC_000001.11 Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

    Range
    74705486..74733050 complement
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mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. XM_017000367.3 → XP_016855856.1  quinone oxidoreductase isoform X2

    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    A0A384P5L2
    Conserved Domains (2) summary
    cd08253
    Location:8 → 295
    zeta_crystallin; Zeta-crystallin with NADP-dependent quinone reductase activity (QOR)
    COG0604
    Location:8 → 293
    Qor; NADPH:quinone reductase or related Zn-dependent oxidoreductase [Energy production and conversion, General function prediction only]

  2. XM_047446751.1 → XP_047302707.1  quinone oxidoreductase isoform X2

  3. XM_011540747.3 → XP_011539049.1  quinone oxidoreductase isoform X1

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for XP_011539049.1

    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    A6NN60, D3DQ76, Q08257, Q53FT0, Q59EU7, Q5HYE7, Q6NSK9
    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    A0A384P5L2
    Conserved Domains (2) summary
    cd08253
    Location:8 → 329
    zeta_crystallin; Zeta-crystallin with NADP-dependent quinone reductase activity (QOR)
    COG0604
    Location:8 → 327
    Qor; NADPH:quinone reductase or related Zn-dependent oxidoreductase [Energy production and conversion, General function prediction only]

Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

Genomic

  1. NC_060925.1 Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

    Range
    74547169..74574691 complement
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mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. XM_054334537.1 → XP_054190512.1  quinone oxidoreductase isoform X2

  2. XM_054334536.1 → XP_054190511.1  quinone oxidoreductase isoform X1

  3. XM_054334538.1 → XP_054190513.1  quinone oxidoreductase isoform X2

Nucleotide Protein
Heading Accession and Version
Protein Accession Links
GenPept Link UniProtKB Link
Q08257.1 GenPept UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot:Q08257

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