KRT79

KRT79
Identifiers
Aliases	KRT79, K6L, KRT6L, keratin 79
External IDs	OMIM: 611160; MGI: 2385030; HomoloGene: 89169; GeneCards: KRT79; OMA:KRT79 - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 12 (human)[1] Band 12q13.13 Start 52,821,408 bp[1] End 52,834,311 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 15 (mouse)[2] Band 15|15 F2 Start 101,837,767 bp[2] End 101,848,759 bp[2]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in skin of thigh vulva skin of abdomen nipple subcutaneous adipose tissue mammary gland lactiferous gland upper lobe of left lung right lung islet of Langerhans Top expressed in lip skin of external ear skin of back right lung lobe mucous cell of stomach skin of abdomen sexually immature organism epidermis conjunctival fornix embryo More reference expression data BioGPS n/a
Gene ontology Molecular function enzyme binding protein binding structural molecule activity Cellular component keratin filament extracellular exosome intermediate filament cytosol Biological process keratinization cornification Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 338785 223917 Ensembl ENSG00000185640 ENSMUSG00000061397 UniProt Q5XKE5 Q8VED5 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_175834 NM_146063 RefSeq (protein) NP_787028 NP_666175 Location (UCSC) Chr 12: 52.82 – 52.83 Mb Chr 15: 101.84 – 101.85 Mb PubMed search [3] [4]
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Keratin 79 also known as KRT79 is a protein which humans is encoded by the KRT79 gene.^[5][6]

Function

Keratins, such as KRT79, are filament proteins that make up one of the major structural fibers of epithelial cells^[7]

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Further reading

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