This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website.
- Table of Contents
Facts about Keratin, type II cuticular Hb5.
Human | |
---|---|
Gene Name: | KRT85 |
Uniprot: | P78386 |
Entrez: | 3891 |
Belongs to: |
---|
intermediate filament family |
Keratin 85
Mass (kDA):
55.802 kDA
Human | |
---|---|
Location: | 12q13.13 |
Sequence: | 12; NC_000012.12 (52360006..52367481, complement) |
Synthesis occurs immediately above a small population of matrix cells at the base of the hair bulb and the trichocytes lining the dermal papilla and extends upward through the matrix and ends in the lower part of the cortex of the hair shaft.
PMID: 9084137 by Rogers M.A., et al. Sequences and differential expression of three novel human type-II hair keratins.
PMID: 10692104 by Rogers M.A., et al. Characterization of a 300 kbp region of human DNA containing the type II hair keratin.