Gene Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
Entrez ID 9119
Gene name Keratin 75
Gene symbol KRT75
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
CK-75K6HFK75KB18PFBhK6hf
Chromosome 12
Chromosome location 12q13.13
Summary This gene is a member of the type II keratin family clustered on the long arm of chromosome 12. Type I and type II keratins heteropolymerize to form intermediate-sized filaments in the cytoplasm of epithelial cells. This gene is expressed in the companion
SNPs SNP information provided by dbSNP.
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SNP ID Visualize variation Clinical significance Consequence
rs2232387 C>T Not-provided, risk-factor Coding sequence variant, missense variant
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
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miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT023996 hsa-miR-1-3p Proteomics;Microarray 18668037
MIRT1101482 hsa-miR-1321 CLIP-seq
MIRT1101483 hsa-miR-3689d CLIP-seq
MIRT1101484 hsa-miR-4419a CLIP-seq
MIRT1101485 hsa-miR-4510 CLIP-seq
Gene ontology (GO) Gene Ontology (GO) annotations describing the biological processes, molecular functions, and cellular components associated with a gene.
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GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0001533 Component Cornified envelope IEA
GO:0002244 Process Hematopoietic progenitor cell differentiation IEA
GO:0005198 Function Structural molecule activity TAS 9856802
GO:0005515 Function Protein binding IPI 32296183
GO:0005829 Component Cytosol IEA
Other IDs Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
609025 24431 ENSG00000170454
Protein Protein information from UniProt database.
UniProt ID Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
O95678
Protein name Keratin, type II cytoskeletal 75 (Cytokeratin-75) (CK-75) (Keratin-6 hair follicle) (hK6hf) (Keratin-75) (K75) (Type II keratin-K6hf) (Type-II keratin Kb18)
Protein function Plays a central role in hair and nail formation. Essential component of keratin intermediate filaments in the companion layer of the hair follicle.
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF16208 Keratin_2_head 16 145 Keratin type II head Family
PF00038 Filament 148 461 Intermediate filament protein Coiled-coil
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Highly expressed in hair follicles from scalp. Specifically expressed in the of the hair companion layer follicle, a single layered band of flat and vertically oriented cells between the cuboidal outer root sheath (ORS) cells and the i
Sequence
Sequence length 551
Interactions View interactions
Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
  Reactome
    Keratinization
Formation of the cornified envelope
Associated diseases Disease associations from ClinVar categorized as Causal (Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic) or Unknown.
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Unknown Diseases with uncertain, conflicting, or no pathogenic evidence in ClinVar
Phenotype Name Clinical Significance dbSNP ID RCV Accession
Cholangiocarcinoma Benign rs2232385 RCV005937299
KRT75-related disorder Benign; risk factor; Likely benign rs2232387, rs146941664, rs61730614, rs2232385, rs140482609, rs2232398, rs143063572, rs1220128466, rs2232390, rs2232396, rs2232386, rs142963541, rs778505450, rs2232402 RCV003974789
RCV003909428
RCV003974403
RCV003984528
RCV003941799
RCV003917091
RCV003939462
RCV003939692
RCV003939398
RCV003959172
RCV003982075
RCV003971566
RCV003962042
RCV003918464
Pseudofolliculitis barbae Benign; risk factor rs2232387 RCV002247235
Associations from Text MiningDisease associations identified through Pubtator
Disease Name Relationship Type References
Dental Caries Associate 25347471
Fever Associate 30909744
Gingival Diseases Associate 31743516
Glioblastoma Associate 34118380
Hair Diseases Associate 15086549, 25347471
Lymphoma Non Hodgkin Associate 34118380
pseudofolliculitis barbae Associate 15086549