Báo cáo khoa học: Calcium-binding to lens bB2- and bA3-crystallins suggests that all b-crystallins are calcium-binding proteins

Crystallins are the major proteins of a mammalian eye lens. The topologic-ally similar eye lens proteins,b- and c-crystallins, are the prototype and founding members of the bc-crystallin superfamily. bc-Crystallins have until recently been regarded as structural proteins. However, the calcium-binding properties of a few members and the potential role ofbc-crystallins in fertility are being investigated.