Gene Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
Entrez ID 337879
Gene name Keratin associated protein 8-1
Gene symbol KRTAP8-1
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
KAP8.1
Chromosome 21
Chromosome location 21q22.11
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
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miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT1102136 hsa-miR-1270 CLIP-seq
MIRT1102137 hsa-miR-24 CLIP-seq
MIRT1102138 hsa-miR-299-3p CLIP-seq
MIRT1102139 hsa-miR-3151 CLIP-seq
MIRT1102140 hsa-miR-4254 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, 32814053
GO:0005829 Component Cytosol IEA
GO:0005829 Component Cytosol TAS
GO:0005882 Component Intermediate filament IEA
Other IDs Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
HGNC N/A HGNC
Protein Protein information from UniProt database.
UniProt ID Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
Q8IUC2
Protein name Keratin-associated protein 8-1 (High glycine-tyrosine keratin-associated protein 8.1)
Protein function In the hair cortex, hair keratin intermediate filaments are embedded in an interfilamentous matrix, consisting of hair keratin-associated proteins (KRTAP), which are essential for the formation of a rigid and resistant hair shaft through their e
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF11759 KRTAP 1 60 Keratin-associated matrix Family
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Is essentially restricted to only one vertical half of the hair forming compartment and in beard hairs is absent from the central medulla.
Sequence
Sequence length 63
Interactions View interactions
Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
  Reactome
    Keratinization
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)
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
EPILEPSY GWAS catalog
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
GENERALISED EPILEPSY GWAS catalog
★★☆☆☆
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
Adenocarcinoma of lung (disorder) Lung adenocarcinoma BEFREE 31850197
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only