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8.A.172.1.1
α-Crystallin B chain, CryAB, CryA2, HSPB5, of 175 aas.  It has chaperone-like activity and contributes to the transparency and refractive index of the lens. It preventes aggregation of various proteins under a wide range of stress conditions (Andley 2008).  

Accession Number:P02511
Protein Name:Alpha-crystallin B chain
Length:175
Molecular Weight:20159.00
Species:Homo sapiens (Human) [9606]
Location1 / Topology2 / Orientation3: Cytoplasm1
Substrate protein

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FASTA formatted sequence
1:	MDIAIHHPWI RRPFFPFHSP SRLFDQFFGE HLLESDLFPT STSLSPFYLR PPSFLRAPSW 
61:	FDTGLSEMRL EKDRFSVNLD VKHFSPEELK VKVLGDVIEV HGKHEERQDE HGFISREFHR 
121:	KYRIPADVDP LTITSSLSSD GVLTVNGPRK QVSGPERTIP ITREEKPAVT AAPKK