Lengsin is a
protein that in humans is encoded by the LGSN
gene.
Lengsin is a survivor of an ancient family of class I
glutamine synthetases in
eukaryotes that has undergone evolutionary re-engineering for a tissue-specific, noncatalytic role in the lens of the vertebrate
eye.[5] Lengsin is the result of the recruitment of an ancient
enzyme may act as a component of the
cytoskeleton or as a chaperone for the reorganization of intermediate filament
proteins during terminal differentiation in the lens. It does not seem to have enzymatic activity.
Lengsin is a
protein that in humans is encoded by the LGSN
gene.
Lengsin is a survivor of an ancient family of class I
glutamine synthetases in
eukaryotes that has undergone evolutionary re-engineering for a tissue-specific, noncatalytic role in the lens of the vertebrate
eye.[5] Lengsin is the result of the recruitment of an ancient
enzyme may act as a component of the
cytoskeleton or as a chaperone for the reorganization of intermediate filament
proteins during terminal differentiation in the lens. It does not seem to have enzymatic activity.