Gene
Entrez ID Entrez Gene ID - the GENE ID in NCBI Gene database.
112802
Gene name Gene Name - the full gene name approved by the HGNC.
Keratin 71
Gene symbol Gene Symbol - the official gene symbol approved by the HGNC.
KRT71
Synonyms (NCBI Gene) Gene synonyms aliases
HYPT13, K6IRS1, KRT6IRS, KRT6IRS1
Chromosome Chromosome number
12
Chromosome location Chromosomal Location - indicates the cytogenetic location of the gene or region on the chromosome.
12q13.13
Summary Summary of gene provided in NCBI Entrez Gene.
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.
SNP ID Visualize variation Clinical significance Consequence
rs587777545 A>C Pathogenic Coding sequence variant, missense variant
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
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 information of associated ontologies with gene provided by GO database.
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 ids of gene in databases such as OMIM, HGNC, ENSEMBLE.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
608245 28927 ENSG00000139648
Protein
UniProt ID 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
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Associated diseases Disease associations categorized as Causal (pathogenic variants), Unknown (uncertain genetic evidence), or Text Mining (literature-based associations)
Causal Diseases caused by PATHOGENIC or LIKELY PATHOGENIC variants from ClinVar only
Disease merge term Disease name dbSNP ID References
Hypotrichosis hypotrichosis 13 rs587777545 N/A
Unknown Includes: (1) ClinVar NON-pathogenic variants (Uncertain, Benign, Conflicting, VUS), (2) GenCC associations, (3) GWAS associations, (4) CBGDA evidence-based associations. NOTE: Diseases with pathogenic evidence are excluded to avoid conflicts.
Disease merge term Disease name Evidence References Source
Neuroblastoma Neuroblastoma N/A N/A GWAS
Associations from Text Mining Disease associations identified through Pubtator
Disease Name Relationship Type References
Hair Diseases Associate 22592156, 22971920, 40282419
Hypotrichosis Associate 22592156, 22971920
Loose Anagen Hair Syndrome Associate 40282419
Neoplastic Syndromes Hereditary Associate 22592156
Prediabetic State Associate 35971929
Woolly hair congenital Associate 22592156, 22971920