Entrez Summary: Keratins are intermediate filament proteins responsible for the structural integrity of epithelial cells and are subdivided into epithelial keratins and hair keratins. This gene encodes a protein that is expressed in the inner root sheath of hair follicles. The type II keratins are clustered in a region of chromosome 12q13.[provided by RefSeq, Jun 2009].
UniProt Summary: Has a role in hair formation. Specific component of keratin intermediate filaments in the inner root sheath (IRS) of the hair follicle (Probable). {ECO:0000305}.
Pfam DomainsGO Terms
Pfam Domains
Filament
GO Terms
keratin filament
cornification
keratinization
keratinocyte differentiation
epidermal cell differentiation
skin development
epidermis development
epithelial cell differentiation
molecular function
programmed cell death
cell death
epithelium development
tissue development
CRISPR Data
Compound HitMost Correlated Genes in ChemogenomicsTissues where Essential in the Avana Dataset (DepMap 20Q1)