Gene
Entrez ID Entrez Gene ID - the GENE ID in NCBI Gene database.
121391
Gene name Gene Name - the full gene name approved by the HGNC.
Keratin 74
Gene symbol Gene Symbol - the official gene symbol approved by the HGNC.
KRT74
Synonyms (NCBI Gene) Gene synonyms aliases
ADWH, ECTD7, HTSS2, HYPT3, K6IRS4, KRT5C, KRT6IRS4
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 protein belongs to a family of keratins that are specifically expressed in the inn
SNPs SNP information provided by dbSNP.
SNP ID Visualize variation Clinical significance Consequence
rs147962513 A>G Benign, pathogenic Missense variant, coding sequence variant
rs267607205 G>A,C,T Pathogenic, not-provided Missense variant, synonymous variant, coding sequence variant
rs267607477 C>T Pathogenic, not-provided Missense variant, coding sequence variant
rs267607478 C>T Pathogenic, not-provided Splice acceptor variant
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT642686 hsa-miR-224-5p HITS-CLIP 23824327
MIRT642685 hsa-miR-1306-5p HITS-CLIP 23824327
MIRT642684 hsa-miR-3691-3p HITS-CLIP 23824327
MIRT642683 hsa-miR-877-3p HITS-CLIP 23824327
MIRT642682 hsa-miR-4778-3p HITS-CLIP 23824327
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 32296183
GO:0005737 Component Cytoplasm IDA 20346438
GO:0005829 Component Cytosol IEA
GO:0005829 Component Cytosol TAS
GO:0005882 Component Intermediate filament IEA
Other IDs Other ids provides unique ids of gene in databases such as OMIM, HGNC, ENSEMBLE.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
608248 28929 ENSG00000170484
Protein
UniProt ID Q7RTS7
Protein name Keratin, type II cytoskeletal 74 (Cytokeratin-74) (CK-74) (Keratin-5c) (K5C) (Keratin-74) (K74) (Type II inner root sheath-specific keratin-K6irs4) (Type-II keratin Kb37)
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).
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF16208 Keratin_2_head 2 136 Keratin type II head Family
PF00038 Filament 139 452 Intermediate filament protein Coiled-coil
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Highly expressed in hair follicles from scalp. In hair, it is specifically present in the inner root sheath (IRS) of the hair follicle. Present in the IRS Huxley layer, but not in Henle layer or cuticle of the IRS. In the IRS Huxley la
Sequence
Sequence length 529
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)
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
Ectodermal Dysplasia Ectodermal dysplasia 4, hair/nail type N/A N/A ClinVar
Ectodermal dysplasia pure hair and nail ectodermal dysplasia N/A N/A GenCC
Hypotrichosis Simplex Of The Scalp hypotrichosis simplex of the scalp N/A N/A GenCC
Associations from Text Mining Disease associations identified through Pubtator
Disease Name Relationship Type References
Hair Diseases Associate 22592156, 32927888
Woolly hair congenital Associate 22592156