KRT79

Keratin 79
Identifiers
SymbolsKRT79 ; K6L; KRT6L
External IDsOMIM: 611160 MGI: 2385030 HomoloGene: 89169 GeneCards: KRT79 Gene
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez338785223917
EnsemblENSG00000185640ENSMUSG00000061397
UniProtQ5XKE5Q8VED5
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_175834NM_146063
RefSeq (protein)NP_787028NP_666175
Location (UCSC)Chr 12:
53.22 – 53.23 Mb
Chr 15:
101.93 – 101.94 Mb
PubMed search

Keratin 79 also known as KRT79 is a protein which humans is encoded by the KRT79 gene.[1][2]

Function

Keratins, such as KRT79, are filament proteins that make up one of the major structural fibers of epithelial cells[3]

References

  1. Hesse M, Magin TM, Weber K (July 2001). "Genes for intermediate filament proteins and the draft sequence of the human genome: novel keratin genes and a surprisingly high number of pseudogenes related to keratin genes 8 and 18". J. Cell. Sci. 114 (Pt 14): 2569–75. PMID 11683385.
  2. "Entrez Gene: KRT79 keratin 79".
  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.

Further reading

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.