Keratin 14

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keratin 14
Identifiers
Symbol KRT14 EBS3, EBS4
HUGO 6416
Entrez 3861
OMIM 148066
RefSeq NM_000526
UniProt P02533
Other data
Locus Chr. 17 q12-q21

Keratin 14 is a type I cytokeratin. It is usually found as a heterotetramer with two keratin 5 molecules, a type II keratin. Together they form the cytoskeleton of epithelial cells. Mutations in the genes for these keratins are associated with epidermolysis bullosa simplex.

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Protein: fibrous proteins

Collagen (Type-I, Type-II, Type-III, Type-IV, Type-XVIII) - Elastin - Cytoskeletal

Keratin: Cyto- (Type I, Type II), type I ( 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21), type II ( 1, 2A, 3, 4, 5, 6A, 7, 8, 9), Hair (Type I, Type II), Beta

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