Gene
Entrez ID Entrez Gene ID - the GENE ID in NCBI Gene database.
3851
Gene name Gene Name - the full gene name approved by the HGNC.
Keratin 4
Gene symbol Gene Symbol - the official gene symbol approved by the HGNC.
KRT4
Synonyms (NCBI Gene) Gene synonyms aliases
CK-4, CK4, CYK4, K4, WSN1
Disease Acronyms (UniProt) Disease acronyms from UniProt database
WSN1
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.
The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the keratin gene family. The type II cytokeratins consist of basic or neutral proteins which are arranged in pairs of heterotypic keratin chains coexpressed during differentiation of simple and stratified ep
SNPs SNP information provided by dbSNP.
SNP ID Visualize variation Clinical significance Consequence
rs587776844 TTG>- Pathogenic Coding sequence variant, inframe deletion
rs587776845 ->TGT Pathogenic Coding sequence variant, inframe indel
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT017456 hsa-miR-335-5p Microarray 18185580
MIRT029264 hsa-miR-26b-5p Microarray 19088304
MIRT2027576 hsa-miR-1252 CLIP-seq
MIRT2027577 hsa-miR-3616-5p CLIP-seq
MIRT2027578 hsa-miR-3647-5p CLIP-seq
Transcription factors
Transcription factor Regulation Reference
ELF3 Repression 10773884
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 17709412, 22458338, 25416956, 29892012, 31391242, 31515488, 32296183
GO:0005634 Component Nucleus HDA 21630459
GO:0005829 Component Cytosol TAS
GO:0005882 Component Intermediate filament NAS 2452170
GO:0007010 Process Cytoskeleton organization IMP 21371075
Other IDs Other ids provides unique ids of gene in databases such as OMIM, HGNC, ENSEMBLE.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
123940 6441 ENSG00000170477
Protein
UniProt ID P19013
Protein name Keratin, type II cytoskeletal 4 (Cytokeratin-4) (CK-4) (Keratin-4) (K4) (Type-II keratin Kb4)
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF16208 Keratin_2_head 14 147 Keratin type II head Family
PF00038 Filament 150 463 Intermediate filament protein Coiled-coil
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Detected in the suprabasal layer of the stratified epithelium of the esophagus, exocervix, vagina, mouth and lingual mucosa, and in cells and cell clusters in the mucosa and serous gland ducts of the esophageal submucosa (at protein le
Sequence
Sequence length 520
Interactions View interactions
Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
  Reactome
    Keratinization
Formation of the cornified envelope
Associated diseases Disease information provided by ClinVar, GenCC, and GWAS databases.
Causal
Disease term Disease name dbSNP ID References
Dermatitis Contact Dermatitis rs61816761, rs150597413, rs138726443, rs201356558, rs149484917, rs372754256, rs747301529, rs567795279, rs745915174 25724174
White sponge nevus WHITE SPONGE NEVUS 1, White sponge nevus rs60440396, rs587776844, rs587776845, rs62642055, rs59897026 10652003, 12828738
Unknown
Disease term Disease name Evidence References Source
Leukokeratosis hereditary mucosal leukokeratosis GenCC
Associations from Text Mining
Disease Name Relationship Type References
Adenocarcinoma Associate 35328735, 9930073
Barrett Esophagus Associate 35328735
Carcinoma Hepatocellular Associate 12679910
Carcinoma Squamous Cell Associate 21897749, 9930073
Carcinoma Squamous Cell Inhibit 24051697
Cardiomyopathy infantile histiocytoid Associate 19843013
Cholesteatoma Associate 25093596
Eosinophilic Esophagitis Inhibit 28104354
Esophageal Neoplasms Associate 10802067
Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Associate 17187659, 21498718