Selected-GenAtlas references SOURCE GeneCards NCBI Gene Swiss-Prot Ensembl
HGNC UniGene Nucleotide OMIM UCSC
Home Page
FLASH GENE
Symbol KRT72 contributors: npt/mct - updated : 20/10/2008
HGNC name keratin 72
HGNC id 28932
Location 12q13.13      Physical location : 52.979.372 - 52.995.322
Synonym name
  • keratin, type II cytoskeletal 72
  • cytokeratin-72
  • type-II keratin-35
  • type II inner root sheath-specific keratin-K6irs2
    • Synonym symbol(s) KRT6, K6irs, K6IRS2, KRT6IRS2, MGC142246
    DNA
    TYPE functioning gene
    SPECIAL FEATURE component of a cluster
    STRUCTURE 15.92 kb     9 Exon(s)
    motif repetitive sequence
    MAPPING cloned Y linked N status provisional
    RNA
    TRANSCRIPTS type messenger
    identificationnb exonstypebpproduct
    ProteinkDaAAspecific expressionYearPubmed
    9 - 1985 - 511 - Schweizer (2006)
    EXPRESSION
    Type restricted
       expressed in (based on citations)
    organ(s)
    SystemOrgan level 1Organ level 2Organ level 3Organ level 4LevelPubmedSpeciesStageRna symbol
    Reproductivemale systemtestis  highly
    Skin/Tegumentskin appendageshairfollicle  
     skin appendageshairsheath  
    cell lineage
    cell lines
    fluid/secretion
    at STAGE
    PROTEIN
    PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    STRUCTURE
    motifs/domains
    HOMOLOGY
    Homologene
    FAMILY
  • intermediate filament family
  • type II keratin family
    • CATEGORY structural protein
    SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATION     intracellular
    intracellular,cytoplasm,cytoskeleton,intermed filament
    basic FUNCTION
  • inner-root-sheath-specific type II epithelial keratins of the hair follicle
    • CELLULAR PROCESS
    PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS
    PATHWAY
    metabolism
    signaling
    a component
    INTERACTION
    DNA
    RNA
    small molecule
    protein
    cell & other
    REGULATION
    ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
    ANIMAL & CELL MODELS