KRT40 (keratin 40)
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Gene
Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
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| Entrez ID | 125115 |
| Gene name | Keratin 40 |
| Gene symbol | KRT40 |
| Synonyms (NCBI Gene) |
CK-40K40KA36
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| Chromosome | 17 |
| Chromosome location | 17q21.2 |
| Summary | This gene encodes a member of the type I (acidic) keratin family, which belongs to the superfamily of intermediate filament (IF) proteins. Keratins are heteropolymeric structural proteins which form the intermediate filament. These filaments, along with a |
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miRNA
miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
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Gene ontology (GO)
Gene Ontology (GO) annotations describing the biological processes, molecular functions, and cellular components associated with a gene.
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Other IDs
Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
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Protein
Protein information from UniProt database.
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UniProt ID
Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
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| Protein name | Keratin, type I cytoskeletal 40 (Cytokeratin-40) (CK-40) (Keratin-40) (K40) (Type I hair keratin Ka36) | ||||||||||
| Protein function | May play a role in late hair differentiation. | ||||||||||
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| Tissue specificity | TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed in skin and scalp. Also very weakly expressed in tongue, breast, colon and small intestine. In the hair follicle, it is specifically present in the upper hair cuticle. Not present in the upper cortex (at protein level). {ECO: | ||||||||||
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| Sequence length | 431 | ||||||||||
| Interactions | View interactions | ||||||||||
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Pathways
Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
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Related Genes
Genes most often co-reported with KRT40 across shared curated disease and pathway associations.
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Diseases Linked via Similar Genes
Diseases curated for genes most similar to KRT40 (see Related Genes above), that are NOT already directly curated for KRT40 itself -- a lead worth checking, not a confirmed association.
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