Gene Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
Entrez ID 112802
Gene name Keratin 71
Gene symbol KRT71
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
HYPT13K6IRS1KRT6IRSKRT6IRS1
Chromosome 12
Chromosome location 12q13.13
Summary Keratins are intermediate filament proteins responsible for the structural integrity of epithelial cells and are subdivided into epithelial keratins and hair keratins. This gene encodes a protein that is expressed in the inner root sheath of hair follicle
SNPs SNP information provided by dbSNP.
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SNP ID Visualize variation Clinical significance Consequence
rs587777545 A>C Pathogenic Coding sequence variant, missense variant
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
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miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT017338 hsa-miR-335-5p Microarray 18185580
MIRT1101418 hsa-miR-1 CLIP-seq
MIRT1101419 hsa-miR-1293 CLIP-seq
MIRT1101420 hsa-miR-206 CLIP-seq
MIRT1101421 hsa-miR-3192 CLIP-seq
Gene ontology (GO) Gene Ontology (GO) annotations describing the biological processes, molecular functions, and cellular components associated with a gene.
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GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0005515 Function Protein binding IPI 25416956, 32296183
GO:0005737 Component Cytoplasm IEA
GO:0005829 Component Cytosol IEA
GO:0005829 Component Cytosol TAS
GO:0005856 Component Cytoskeleton IEA
Other IDs Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
608245 28927 ENSG00000139648
Protein Protein information from UniProt database.
UniProt ID Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
Q3SY84
Protein name Keratin, type II cytoskeletal 71 (Cytokeratin-71) (CK-71) (Keratin-71) (K71) (Type II inner root sheath-specific keratin-K6irs1) (Keratin 6 irs) (hK6irs) (hK6irs1) (Type-II keratin Kb34)
Protein function Plays a central role in hair formation. Essential component of keratin intermediate filaments in the inner root sheath (IRS) of the hair follicle.
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF16208 Keratin_2_head 55 126 Keratin type II head Family
PF00038 Filament 129 442 Intermediate filament protein Coiled-coil
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Highly expressed in hair follicles from scalp. Specifically expressed in the inner root sheath (IRS) of the hair follicle. Present in the all 3 IRS layers: the cuticle, the Henle and the Huxley layers. Also detected in the pseudopods o
Sequence
Sequence length 523
Interactions View interactions
Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
  Reactome
    Keratinization
Formation of the cornified envelope
Associated diseases Disease associations from ClinVar (causal & non-causal) and other databases (OMIM, Orphanet, GWAS, etc.).
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Evidence Score: ★☆☆☆☆  Gene-disease association found in Text Mining only ★★☆☆☆  Found in Text Mining and Unknown/Other Associations ★★★☆☆  Reported in Unknown/Other Associations across ≥2 Sources ★★★★☆  ClinVar: Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic (<5 Variants) ★★★★★  ClinVar: Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic (≥5 Variants)
Causal Diseases associated with Pathogenic or Likely Pathogenic variants in ClinVar
Phenotype Name Clinical Significance dbSNP ID RCV Accession Evidence Score
Hypotrichosis 13 Pathogenic rs587777545 RCV000128639
★★★★☆
ClinVar: Pathogenic / Likely Pathogenic (<5 Variants)
Unknown / Other Associations ClinVar entries with uncertain/conflicting evidence, and associations from other databases (OMIM, Orphanet, GWAS, etc.) where the gene is not established as causal.
Phenotype Name Clinical Significance Source Evidence Score
ANDROGENETIC ALOPECIA GWAS catalog
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
CARCINOMA CTD
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
HYPOTRICHOSIS CTD, Disgenet
CTD, Disgenet
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
KRT71-related disorder Benign; Likely benign; Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity ClinVar
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
Associations from Text Mining Disease associations identified through text mining
Disease Name Disease (Merged) Source PMID Relationship Type Evidence Score
Alopecia Alopecia BEFREE 30444027
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Anaplastic carcinoma Anaplastic Carcinoma CTD_human_DG 16316942
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Carcinoma Carcinoma CTD_human_DG 16316942
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
Carcinoma, Spindle-Cell Carcinoma CTD_human_DG 16316942
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Cataract Cataract HPO_DG
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Colorectal Carcinoma Colorectal Cancer BEFREE 30321531
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Hair Diseases Hair Diseases BEFREE 20346438, 22592156, 22971920
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Hypotrichosis Hypotrichosis GENOMICS_ENGLAND_DG 22592156
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
Hypotrichosis Hypotrichosis Pubtator 22592156, 22971920 Associate
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
Hypotrichosis Hypotrichosis CTD_human_DG
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations