Genes implicated in inherited cataract
| Gene classification | Gene | Gene locus | Inheritance |
| Crystallins | CRYAA | 21q22.3 | AD/AR |
| CRYAB | 11q22.1-q23.2 | AD/AR | |
| CRYBA1 | 17q11.2-q12 | AD/AR | |
| CRYBA2 | 2q34 | AD | |
| CRYBA4 | 22q12.1 | AD/AR | |
| CRYBB1 | 22q12.1 | AD/AR | |
| CRYBB2 | 22q11.23 | AD | |
| CRYBB3 | 22q11.23 | AD/AR | |
| CRYGA | 2q33q35 | AD | |
| CRYGB | 2q33q35 | AD | |
| CRYGC | 2q33q35 | AD | |
| CRYGD | 2q33q35 | AD | |
| CRYGS | 3q25-qter | AD | |
| Lens membrane protein | GJA3 | 13q11-q12 | AD/AR |
| GJA8 | 1q21.1 | AD/AR | |
| MIP | 12q13 | AD/AR | |
| TMEM114 | 16p13.2 | AD | |
| EPHA2 | 1p36 | AD/AR | |
| SLC16A12 | 10q23.13 | COMPLEX | |
| LIM2 | 19q13.4 | AR | |
| Developmental factors | PAX6 | 11p13 | AD |
| PITX3 | 10q25 | AD/AR | |
| FOXE3 | 1p32 | AD/AR | |
| MAF | 16q22-q23 | AD | |
| EYA1 | 8q13.3 | AD | |
| VSX2 | 14q24.3 | AR | |
| HSF4 | 16q21 | AD/AR | |
| Cytoskeletal proteins | BFSP1 | 20p11.23-p12.1 | AD/AR |
| BFSP2 | 3q21-q22 | AD/AR | |
| VIM | 10p13 | AD/AR | |
| NHS | Xp22.13 | XL | |
| Genes with special roles in the lens | TDRD7 | 9q22.33 | AD |
| CHMP4B | 20q11.22 | AD | |
| WFS1 | 4p16.1 | AD | |
| FYCO1 | 3p21.31 | AR | |
| GCNT2 | 6p24.2 | AR | |
| FTL | 19q13.33 | AD | |
| AGK | 7q34 | AR |
As described in Cat-Map; an online chromosome map and reference database for inherited and age-related forms of cataract(s) in humans, mice and other vertebrates (https://cat-map.wustl.edu/).