Hair keratin

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Hair keratin is a type of keratin found in hair and nails. There are two types of hair keratin:

• the acidic type I hair keratin
  • type I hair keratin 1, KRT31
  • type I hair keratin 2, KRT32
  • type I hair keratin 3A, KRT33A
  • type I hair keratin 3B, KRT33B
  • type I hair keratin 4, KRT34
  • type I hair keratin 5, KRT35
  • type I hair keratin 6, KRT36
  • type I hair keratin 7, KRT37
  • type I hair keratin 8, KRT38

• the basic type II hair keratin.
  • type II hair keratin 1, KRT81
  • type II hair keratin 2, KRT82
  • type II hair keratin 3, KRT83
  • type II hair keratin 4, KRT84
  • type II hair keratin 5, KRT85
  • type II hair keratin 6, KRT86

[edit] External links

• MeSH Keratins,+Hair-Specific
• http://www.expasy.org/spotlight/snapshot/2006/05/hair_keratin.shtml

v • d • e Protein: fibrous proteins Collagen Type-I (COL1A1) - Type-II (COL2A1) - Type-III - Type-IV - Type-V - Type XI (COL11A2) - Type-XVII - Type-XVIII Keratin/Cytokeratin 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 other Elastin - Cytoskeletal