Crumbs homolog 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CRB1 gene.[5][6][7]
This gene encodes a protein which is similar to the Drosophila crumbs protein and localizes to the inner segment of mammalian photoreceptors. In Drosophila, crumbs localizes to the stalk of the fly photoreceptor and may be a component of the molecular scaffold that controls proper development of polarity in the eye. Mutations in this gene are associated with a severe form of retinitis pigmentosa, RP12, and with Leber congenital amaurosis. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been observed but their full-length nature has yet to be determined.[7] One small study suggests that mutations in this gene are associated with keratoconus in patients that already have Leber's congenital amaurosis.[8]
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Lotery AJ, Malik A, Shami SA, Sindhi M, Chohan B, Maqbool C, et al. (2001). "CRB1 mutations may result in retinitis pigmentosa without para-arteriolar RPE preservation". Ophthalmic Genet. 22 (3): 163–9. doi:10.1076/opge.22.3.163.2222. PMID 11559858. S2CID 38623616.
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McKay GJ, Clarke S, Davis JA, Simpson DA, Silvestri G (2005). "Pigmented paravenous chorioretinal atrophy is associated with a mutation within the crumbs homolog 1 (CRB1) gene". Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 46 (1): 322–8. doi:10.1167/iovs.04-0734. PMID 15623792.
Kantardzhieva A, Gosens I, Alexeeva S, Punte IM, Versteeg I, Krieger E, et al. (2005). "MPP5 recruits MPP4 to the CRB1 complex in photoreceptors". Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 46 (6): 2192–201. doi:10.1167/iovs.04-1417. PMID 15914641.