KRT72 (keratin 72)
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Gene
Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
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| Entrez ID | 140807 |
| Gene name | Keratin 72 |
| Gene symbol | KRT72 |
| Synonyms (NCBI Gene) |
CK-72K6IRS2K6irsK72KRT6KRT6IRS2
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| Chromosome | 12 |
| Chromosome location | 12q13.13 |
| Summary | Keratins are intermediate filament proteins responsible for the structural integrity of epithelial cells. The type II keratins consist of basic or neutral proteins which are arranged in pairs of heterotypic keratin chains coexpressed during differentiatio |
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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 II cytoskeletal 72 (Cytokeratin-72) (CK-72) (Keratin-72) (K72) (Type II inner root sheath-specific keratin-K6irs2) (Type-II keratin Kb35) | |||||||||||||||
| Protein function | Has a role in hair formation. Specific component of keratin intermediate filaments in the inner root sheath (IRS) of the hair follicle (Probable). | |||||||||||||||
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| Tissue specificity | TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Highly expressed in hair follicles from scalp and eyebrow. Also expressed in palmoplantar epidermis. Not expressed in face skin despite the presence of fine hairs histologically. In hair, it is specifically present in the inner root sh | |||||||||||||||
| Sequence |
MSRQLTHFPRGERLGFSGCSAVLSGGIGSSSASFRARVKGSASFGSKSLSCLGGSRSLAL |
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| Sequence length | 511 | |||||||||||||||
| 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 KRT72 across shared curated disease and pathway associations.
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Diseases Linked via Similar Genes
Diseases curated for genes most similar to KRT72 (see Related Genes above), that are NOT already directly curated for KRT72 itself -- a lead worth checking, not a confirmed association.
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