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Facts about Keratin, type II cytoskeletal 2 epidermal.
Plays a role in the creation of the epidermal barrier on plantar skin (By similarity). .
Human | |
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Gene Name: | KRT2 |
Uniprot: | P35908 |
Entrez: | 3849 |
Belongs to: |
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intermediate filament family |
CK-2e; cytokeratin-2e; epidermal ichthyosis bullosa of Siemens; Epithelial keratin-2e; K2e; keratin 2; keratin 2A (epidermal ichthyosis bullosa of Siemens); keratin, type II cytoskeletal 2 epidermal; Keratin-2 epidermis; keratin-2e; KRT2AMGC116967; KRT2EMGC116968; KRTE; Type-II keratin Kb2
Mass (kDA):
65.433 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 12q13.13 |
Sequence: | 12; NC_000012.12 (52644558..52652211, complement) |
Expressed in the upper spinous and granular suprabasal layers of normal adult epidermal tissues from most body sites including thigh, breast nipple, foot sole, penile shaft and axilla. Not present in foreskin, squamous metaplasias and carcinomas. Expression in hypertrophic and keloid scars begins in the deepest suprabasal layer. Weakly expressed in normal gingiva and tongue, however expression is induced in benign keratoses of lingual mucosa and in mild-to-moderate oral dysplasia with orthokeratinization.
PMID: 1380918 by Collin C., et al. Characterization of human cytokeratin 2, an epidermal cytoskeletal protein synthesized late during differentiation.
PMID: 9804344 by Smith F.J.D., et al. Genomic organization and fine mapping of the keratin 2e gene (KRT2E): K2e V1 domain polymorphism and novel mutations in ichthyosis bullosa of Siemens.
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