KRT72
Gene Information
- Official Symbol: KRT72
- Official Name: keratin 72
- Aliases and Previous Symbols: N/A
- Entrez ID: 140807
- UniProt: Q14CN4
- Interactions: BioGRID
- PubMed articles: Open PubMed
- OMIM: Open OMIM
Function Summary
- Entrez Summary: Keratins are intermediate filament proteins responsible for the structural integrity of epithelial cells. The type II keratins consist of basic or neutral proteins which are arranged in pairs of heterotypic keratin chains coexpressed during differentiation of simple and stratified epithelial tissues. This gene encodes a type II keratin that is specifically expressed in the inner root sheath of hair follicles. The type II keratins are clustered in a region of chromosome 12q12-q13. Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.[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}.
CRISPR Data
Essentiality in NALM6
- Essentiality Rank: 13980
- Expression level (log2 read counts): -7.68