KRT73

KRT73
Identifiers
Aliases	KRT73, IRT6IRS3, K6IRS3, KRT6IRS3, keratin 73, K73, CK-73
External IDs	OMIM: 608247; MGI: 3607712; GeneCards: KRT73
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 12 (human) Band 12q13.13 Start 52,607,570 bp End 52,618,559 bp
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 15 (mouse) Band 15|15 F2 Start 101,701,743 bp End 101,710,781 bp
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in skin of leg skin of abdomen granulocyte gonad blood lymph node appendix duodenum spleen bone marrow Top expressed in hair follicle lip skin of abdomen skin of back zygote sexually immature organism oocyte primary oocyte lumbar subsegment of spinal cord embryo More reference expression data BioGPS n/a
Gene ontology Molecular function protein binding structural molecule activity molecular function Cellular component keratin filament extracellular exosome intermediate filament nucleus cytosol Biological process keratinization cornification biological process Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Databases NCBI: entry; OMA: entry Species Human Mouse Entrez 319101 223915 Ensembl ENSG00000186049 ENSMUSG00000063661 UniProt Q86Y46 Q6NXH9 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_175068 NM_212485 RefSeq (protein) NP_778238 NP_997650 Location (UCSC) Chr 12: 52.61 – 52.62 Mb Chr 15: 101.7 – 101.71 Mb PubMed search
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Keratin, type II cytoskeletal 73 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KRT73 gene. It is responsible for hair formation, along with other genes, and it encodes a protein present in the inner root sheath of hair follicles.

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