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Entrez ID	338785
Gene name	Keratin 79
Gene symbol	KRT79
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)	K6LKRT6L
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 an epithelial keratin that is expressed in skeletal muscle, skin and

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miRTarBase ID	miRNA	Experiments
MIRT1101514	hsa-miR-1200	CLIP-seq
MIRT1101515	hsa-miR-1253	CLIP-seq
MIRT1101516	hsa-miR-134	CLIP-seq
MIRT1101517	hsa-miR-3118	CLIP-seq
MIRT1101518	hsa-miR-323-5p	CLIP-seq
MIRT1101519	hsa-miR-3974	CLIP-seq
MIRT1101520	hsa-miR-3978	CLIP-seq
MIRT1101521	hsa-miR-4251	CLIP-seq
MIRT1101522	hsa-miR-4324	CLIP-seq
MIRT1101523	hsa-miR-544b	CLIP-seq
MIRT1101524	hsa-miR-875-3p	CLIP-seq
MIRT2258964	hsa-miR-3150b-3p	CLIP-seq
MIRT2258965	hsa-miR-4689	CLIP-seq
MIRT2258966	hsa-miR-4710	CLIP-seq
MIRT2258967	hsa-miR-4779	CLIP-seq
MIRT2258968	hsa-miR-4784	CLIP-seq

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GO ID	Ontology	Definition	Evidence	Reference
GO:0005515	Function	Protein binding	IPI	25416956, 29892012, 31515488, 32296183
GO:0005829	Component	Cytosol	IEA
GO:0005829	Component	Cytosol	TAS
GO:0005882	Component	Intermediate filament	IEA
GO:0019899	Function	Enzyme binding	IPI	23382074
GO:0030280	Function	Structural constituent of skin epidermis	IBA
GO:0031424	Process	Keratinization	IBA
GO:0045095	Component	Keratin filament	IBA
GO:0045095	Component	Keratin filament	IEA
GO:0045109	Process	Intermediate filament organization	IBA
GO:0070062	Component	Extracellular exosome	HDA	19199708, 23533145

MIM	HGNC	e!Ensembl
611160	28930	ENSG00000185640

Q5XKE5

Protein name

Keratin, type II cytoskeletal 79 (Cytokeratin-79) (CK-79) (Keratin-6-like) (Keratin-6L) (Keratin-79) (K79) (Type-II keratin Kb38)

Family and domains

Pfam

Accession	ID	Position in sequence	Description	Type
PF00038	Filament	141 → 456	Intermediate filament protein	Coiled-coil
PF16208	Keratin_2_head	78 → 138	Keratin type II head	Family
PF16208	Keratin_2_head	15 → 102	Keratin type II head	Family

Tissue specificity

TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed in skeletal muscle, skin and scalp, but not in any other tissues or organs examined. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15737194}.

Sequence

MRSSVSRQTYSTKGGFSSNSASGGSGSQARTSFSSVTVSRSSGSGGGAHCGPGTGGFGSR
SLYNLGGHKSISVSVAGGALLGRALGGFGFGSRAFMGQGAGRQTFGPACPPGGIQEVTVN
QSLLTPLHVEIDPEIQRVRTQEREQIKTLNNKFASFIDKVRFLEQQNKVLETKWALLQEQ
GQNLGVTRNNLEPLFEAYLGSMRSTLDRLQSERGRLDSELRNVQDLVEDFKNKYEDEINK
HTAAENEFVVLKKDVDAAYMGRMDLHGKVGTLTQEIDFLQQLYEMELSQVQTHVSNTNVV
LSMDNNRNLDLDSIIAEVKAQYELIAQRSRAEAEAWYQTKYEELQVTAGKHGDNLRDTKN
EIAELTRTIQRLQGEADAAKKQCQQLQTAIAEAEQRGELALKDAQKKLGDLDVALHQAKE
DLTRLLRDYQELMNVKLALDVEIATYRKLLESEESRMSGECPSAVSISVTGNSTTVCGGG
AASFGGGISLGGSGGATKGGFSTNVGYSTVKGGPVSAGTSILRKTTTVKTSSQRY

Sequence length

535

Interactions

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Reactome Pathway
Keratinization
Formation of the cornified envelope

KRT79 (keratin 79)

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