LOC102724652 Gene

Name alpha-crystallin A chain
Summary
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Synonyms CRYAA2, CRYAA
NCBI Gene ID 102724652
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Predicted Functions View LOC102724652's ARCHS4 Predicted Functions.
Co-expressed Genes View LOC102724652's ARCHS4 Predicted Functions.
Expression in Tissues and Cell Lines View LOC102724652's ARCHS4 Predicted Functions.

Functional Associations

LOC102724652 has 453 functional associations with biological entities spanning 6 categories (chemical, disease, phenotype or trait, functional term, phrase or reference, structural feature, cell line, cell type or tissue, gene, protein or microRNA) extracted from 20 datasets.

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Dataset Summary
Allen Brain Atlas Aging Dementia and Traumatic Brain Injury Tissue Sample Gene Expression Profiles tissue samples with high or low expression of LOC102724652 gene relative to other tissue samples from the Allen Brain Atlas Aging Dementia and Traumatic Brain Injury Tissue Sample Gene Expression Profiles dataset.
Carcinogenome Chemical Perturbation Carcinogenicity Signatures small molecule perturbations changing expression of LOC102724652 gene from the Carcinogenome Chemical Perturbation Carcinogenicity Signatures dataset.
ClinVar Gene-Phenotype Associations 2025 phenotypes associated with LOC102724652 gene from the curated ClinVar Gene-Phenotype Associations 2025 dataset.
COMPARTMENTS Curated Protein Localization Evidence Scores 2025 cellular components containing LOC102724652 protein from the COMPARTMENTS Curated Protein Localization Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.
COMPARTMENTS Text-mining Protein Localization Evidence Scores 2025 cellular components co-occuring with LOC102724652 protein in abstracts of biomedical publications from the COMPARTMENTS Text-mining Protein Localization Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.
DEPOD Substrates of Phosphatases phosphatases that dephosphorylate LOC102724652 protein from the curated DEPOD Substrates of Phosphatases dataset.
DisGeNET Gene-Disease Associations diseases associated with LOC102724652 gene in GWAS and other genetic association datasets from the DisGeNET Gene-Disease Associations dataset.
GO Biological Process Annotations 2025 biological processes involving LOC102724652 gene from the curated GO Biological Process Annotations2025 dataset.
GO Cellular Component Annotations 2025 cellular components containing LOC102724652 protein from the curated GO Cellular Component Annotations 2025 dataset.
GWAS Catalog SNP-Phenotype Associations 2025 phenotypes associated with LOC102724652 gene in GWAS datasets from the GWAS Catalog SNP-Phenotype Associations 2025 dataset.
InterPro Predicted Protein Domain Annotations protein domains predicted for LOC102724652 protein from the InterPro Predicted Protein Domain Annotations dataset.
JASPAR Predicted Human Transcription Factor Targets 2025 transcription factors regulating expression of LOC102724652 gene predicted using known transcription factor binding site motifs from the JASPAR Predicted Human Transcription Factor Targets dataset.
JASPAR Predicted Mouse Transcription Factor Targets 2025 transcription factors regulating expression of LOC102724652 gene predicted using known transcription factor binding site motifs from the JASPAR Predicted Mouse Transcription Factor Targets 2025 dataset.
KEGG Pathways 2026 pathways involving LOC102724652 protein from the KEGG Pathways 2026 dataset.
Rummagene Transcription Factor Associations 2026 transcription factors regulating expression of LOC102724652 gene from the Rummagene Transcription Factor Associations 2026 dataset.
RummaGEO Drug Perturbation Signatures drug perturbations changing expression of LOC102724652 gene from the RummaGEO Drug Perturbation Signatures dataset.
RummaGEO Gene Perturbation Signatures gene perturbations changing expression of LOC102724652 gene from the RummaGEO Gene Perturbation Signatures dataset.
TISSUES Curated Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 tissues with high expression of LOC102724652 protein from the TISSUES Curated Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.
TISSUES Experimental Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 tissues with high expression of LOC102724652 protein in proteomics datasets from the TISSUES Experimental Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.
TISSUES Text-mining Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 tissues co-occuring with LOC102724652 protein in abstracts of biomedical publications from the TISSUES Text-mining Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.