Gene
Entrez ID Entrez Gene ID - the GENE ID in NCBI Gene database.
3853
Gene name Gene Name - the full gene name approved by the HGNC.
Keratin 6A
Gene symbol Gene Symbol - the official gene symbol approved by the HGNC.
KRT6A
Synonyms (NCBI Gene) Gene synonyms aliases
CK-6C, CK-6E, CK6A, CK6C, CK6D, K6A, K6C, K6D, KRT6C, KRT6D, PC3
Disease Acronyms (UniProt) Disease acronyms from UniProt database
PC3
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
rs28933087 A>C,G Not-provided, pathogenic Missense variant, coding sequence variant
rs57052654 A>C,G Not-provided, pathogenic Missense variant, coding sequence variant
rs57448541 G>A Pathogenic Missense variant, coding sequence variant
rs57629991 A>C,T Not-provided, pathogenic Missense variant, coding sequence variant
rs58556099 T>C,G Not-provided, pathogenic Missense variant, coding sequence variant
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT1101377 hsa-miR-3128 CLIP-seq
MIRT1101378 hsa-miR-331-3p CLIP-seq
MIRT1101379 hsa-miR-4438 CLIP-seq
MIRT1101380 hsa-miR-4756-3p CLIP-seq
MIRT1101381 hsa-miR-4766-5p CLIP-seq
Gene ontology (GO) Gene ontology information of associated ontologies with gene provided by GO database.
GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0001899 Process Negative regulation of cytolysis by symbiont of host cells IDA 23006328
GO:0002009 Process Morphogenesis of an epithelium ISS
GO:0005200 Function Structural constituent of cytoskeleton NAS 7543104
GO:0005515 Function Protein binding IPI 15731013, 16189514, 25416956, 25910212, 26871637, 29892012, 31515488, 32296183, 32814053
GO:0005634 Component Nucleus HDA 21630459
Other IDs Other ids provides unique ids of gene in databases such as OMIM, HGNC, ENSEMBLE.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
148041 6443 ENSG00000205420
Protein
UniProt ID P02538
Protein name Keratin, type II cytoskeletal 6A (Cytokeratin-6A) (CK-6A) (Cytokeratin-6D) (CK-6D) (Keratin-6A) (K6A) (Type-II keratin Kb6) (allergen Hom s 5)
Protein function Epidermis-specific type I keratin involved in wound healing. Involved in the activation of follicular keratinocytes after wounding, while it does not play a major role in keratinocyte proliferation or migration. Participates in the regulation of
PDB 5KI0
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF16208 Keratin_2_head 17 159 Keratin type II head Family
PF00038 Filament 162 475 Intermediate filament protein Coiled-coil
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed in the corneal epithelium (at protein level). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:26758872}.
Sequence
Sequence length 564
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
Anonychia ANONYCHIA rs74315420, rs74315421, rs74315422, rs74315423, rs387907026, rs387907027, rs387907028, rs780261665, rs775644973, rs370554150
Cataract Cataract rs118203965, rs118203966, rs104893685, rs121908938, rs104894175, rs121909048, rs28937573, rs121909049, rs121909050, rs74315488, rs80358200, rs80358203, rs121434643, rs56141211, rs132630322
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Corneal dystrophy Corneal dystrophy rs121909212, rs121909214, rs760714959, rs766305306, rs1554579819, rs1554579832, rs1554579878
Ichthyosis Ichthyoses rs199766569, rs587776996, rs587777262, rs863223405, rs370031870, rs1569044747, rs200806519
Unknown
Disease term Disease name Evidence References Source
Pachyonychia Congenita pachyonychia congenita GenCC
Carcinoma Carcinoma GWAS
Associations from Text Mining
Disease Name Relationship Type References
Adenocarcinoma of Lung Associate 32329414, 36793937, 37081097, 37199651, 37643778, 37974107, 38240936, 40486872
Adrenocortical Adenoma Associate 31419939
Asthma Associate 31430856, 32460303
Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Associate 37147394
Carcinogenesis Associate 35311447
Carcinoma Basal Cell Associate 31047981
Carcinoma Hepatocellular Associate 31272500
Carcinoma Non Small Cell Lung Associate 30914778
Carcinoma Pancreatic Ductal Associate 30092011, 33221741, 38613239
Carcinoma Squamous Cell Associate 19176476, 34504628, 37442189