Table 2.

Refractive index increment of taxon-specific crystallins

species	related protein/enzyme	dn/dc (ml/g)	crystallin	dn/dc (ml/g)
lampreys, fish, reptiles, birds 124	α-enolasea	0.189	τ	0.189
duck 32	lactate dehydrogenase Bb	0.187	ε	0.187
duck/chicken 31	argininosuccinate lyasec	0.185	δ	0.185–0.187
rabbit 34	L-gulonate 3-dehydrogenased	0.188	λ	0.188
elephant shrew 125	aldehyde dehydrogenasee	0.190	η	0.189
gecko 40	retinol binding protein Ih	0.195	ι	0.195
platypus 33	lactate dehydrogynase Aj	0.189	υ	0.188
octopus 70	aldehyde dehydrogenasef	0.190	Ω	0.193
scallop 30	aldehyde dehydrogenasef	0.190	Ω	0.192
octopus 73	Lipid-binding protein PEBPg	0.191	Ο	0.194

Prediction based on sequences from accession number:

^aAAA49218

^bAAA49221

^cNP_001025885

^dP14755.3

^eAAC48588

^fAAF73122

^gP13696.2 GI:1352725

^hNP_036865

^jP00340