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Facts about Keratin, type I cytoskeletal 16.
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Human | |
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Gene Name: | KRT16 |
Uniprot: | P08779 |
Entrez: | 3868 |
Belongs to: |
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intermediate filament family |
CK16; CK-16; cytokeratin 16; cytokeratin-16; FNEPPK; focal non-epidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma; K16; K1CP; keratin 16; keratin, type I cytoskeletal 16; keratin-16; KRT16A; NEPPK
Mass (kDA):
51.268 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 17q21.2 |
Sequence: | 17; NC_000017.11 (41609778..41612767, complement) |
Expressed in the hair follicle, nail bed and in mucosal stratified squamous epithelia and, suprabasally, in oral epithelium and palmoplantar epidermis. Also found in luminal cells of sweat and mammary gland ducts.
PMID: 2431270 by Raychaudhury A., et al. Three tightly linked genes encoding human type I keratins: conservation of sequence in the 5'-untranslated leader and 5'-upstream regions of coexpressed keratin genes.
PMID: 2451124 by Rosenberg M., et al. A group of type I keratin genes on human chromosome 17: characterization and expression.