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FLASH GENE
Symbol KRT26 contributors: mct/npt - updated : 27/09/2008
HGNC name keratin 26
HGNC id 30840
Location 17q21.2      Physical location : 38.922.491 - 38.928.411
Synonym name
  • type I inner root sheath specific keratin 25 irs2
  • keratin 25B
  • keratin, type I cytoskeletal 26
  • cytokeratin-26
  • Synonym symbol(s) KRT25B, K26, K26irs2
    DNA
    TYPE functioning gene
    STRUCTURE 5.92 kb     8 Exon(s)
    MAPPING cloned Y linked N status provisional
    RNA
    TRANSCRIPTS type messenger
    identificationnb exonstypebpproduct
    ProteinkDaAAspecific expressionYearPubmed
    8 - 1748 51.9 468 - Schweizer (2006)
    EXPRESSION
    Type widely
       expressed in (based on citations)
    organ(s)
    SystemOrgan level 1Organ level 2Organ level 3Organ level 4LevelPubmedSpeciesStageRna symbol
    Cardiovascularheart   highly
    Digestiveliver   highly
    Endocrinepancreas   highly
    Nervousbrain   highly
    tissue
    SystemTissueTissue level 1Tissue level 2LevelPubmedSpeciesStageRna symbol
    Blood / hematopoieticbone marrow  highly
    cell lineage
    cell lines
    fluid/secretion
    at STAGE
    PROTEIN
    PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    STRUCTURE
    motifs/domains
    HOMOLOGY
    interspecies homolog to murine Krt26 (77.7pc)
    homolog to rattus Ka39 (77.2pc)
    Homologene
    FAMILY
  • intermediate filament family
  • type I keratin family
  • CATEGORY structural protein
    SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATION     intracellular
    intracellular,cytoplasm,cytoskeleton,intermed filament
    basic FUNCTION represent the type I inner root sheath 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