KRT80

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Keratin 80
Identifiers
SymbolsKRT80; KB20
External IDsOMIM: 611161 MGI: 1921377 HomoloGene: 66610 GeneCards: KRT80 Gene
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez14450174127
EnsemblENSG00000167767ENSMUSG00000037185
UniProtQ6KB66Q0VBK2
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_001081492NM_028770
RefSeq (protein)NP_001074961NP_083046
Location (UCSC)Chr 12:
52.56 – 52.59 Mb
Chr 15:
101.35 – 101.37 Mb
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Keratin 80 also known as KRT80 is a protein which humans is encoded by the KRT80 gene.[1][2]

Function

Keratins, such as KRT80, are filament proteins that make up one of the major structural fibers of epithelial cells[3]

References

  1. Schweizer J, Bowden PE, Coulombe PA, Langbein L, Lane EB, Magin TM, Maltais L, Omary MB, Parry DA, Rogers MA, Wright MW (July 2006). "New consensus nomenclature for mammalian keratins". J. Cell Biol. 174 (2): 169–74. doi:10.1083/jcb.200603161. PMC 2064177. PMID 16831889. 
  2. "Entrez Gene: KRT80 keratin 80". 
  3. Rogers MA, Edler L, Winter H, Langbein L, Beckmann I, Schweizer J (March 2005). "Characterization of new members of the human type II keratin gene family and a general evaluation of the keratin gene domain on chromosome 12q13.13". J. Invest. Dermatol. 124 (3): 536–44. doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.23530.x. PMID 15737194. 

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