Predicted to enable unfolded protein binding activity. Predicted to be involved in protein refolding and response to heat. Located in striated muscle dense body. Expressed in body wall musculature. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease axonal type 2F; cataract (multiple); and myofibrillar myopathy (multiple). Is an ortholog of human CRYAA (crystallin alpha A); CRYAB (crystallin alpha B); and HSPB6 (heat shock protein family B (small) member 6).
Map position created from combination of previous interpolated map position (based on known location of sequence) and allele information. Therefore this is not a genetic map position based on recombination frequencies or genetic experiments. This was done on advice of the CGC.