beta L Crystallin Proteins

Protein Information

The uronate cycle functions as an alternative glucose metabolic pathway, accounting for about 5% of daily glucose catabolism. The product of this gene catalyzes the dehydrogenation of L-gulonate into dehydro-L-gulonate in the uronate cycle. The enzyme requires NAD(H) as a coenzyme, and is inhibited by inorganic phosphate. A similar gene in the rabbit is thought to serve a structural role in the lens of the eye.

Synonyms

CRY; CRYL1; crystallin lambda 1; crystallin, lambda 1; crystallin, lamda 1; epididymis luminal protein 30; GDH; Gul3DH; HEL30; lambda-CRY; Lambda-crystallin homolog; L-gulonate 3-dehydrogenase; testicular tissue protein Li 44