ARLY2_ANAPL Delta crystallin, the principal crystallin in embryonic lens, is found only in birds and reptiles. This protein also functions as an enzymatically active argininosuccinate lyase.[1][2][3][4]
Evolutionary Conservation
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↑Vallee F, Turner MA, Lindley PL, Howell PL. Crystal structure of an inactive duck delta II crystallin mutant with bound argininosuccinate. Biochemistry. 1999 Feb 23;38(8):2425-34. PMID:10029536 doi:10.1021/bi982149h
↑Sampaleanu LM, Yu B, Howell PL. Mutational analysis of duck delta 2 crystallin and the structure of an inactive mutant with bound substrate provide insight into the enzymatic mechanism of argininosuccinate lyase. J Biol Chem. 2002 Feb 8;277(6):4166-75. Epub 2001 Nov 6. PMID:11698398 doi:10.1074/jbc.M107465200
↑Sampaleanu LM, Codding PW, Lobsanov YD, Tsai M, Smith GD, Horvatin C, Howell PL. Structural studies of duck delta2 crystallin mutants provide insight into the role of Thr161 and the 280s loop in catalysis. Biochem J. 2004 Dec 1;384(Pt 2):437-47. PMID:15320872 doi:10.1042/BJ20040656
↑Abu-Abed M, Turner MA, Vallee F, Simpson A, Slingsby C, Howell PL. Structural comparison of the enzymatically active and inactive forms of delta crystallin and the role of histidine 91. Biochemistry. 1997 Nov 18;36(46):14012-22. PMID:9369472 doi:10.1021/bi971407s
