Protein Name keratin 73
Organism Homo sapiens
Gene ID 319101
Gene Symbol

KRT73

UniProt Q86Y46 (K2C73_HUMAN)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 7
Total Number of Articles : 4
Description

keratin 73

Gene Summary

Keratins are intermediate filament proteins responsible for the structural integrity of epithelial cells and are subdivided into epithelial keratins and hair keratins. This gene encodes a protein that is expressed in the inner root sheath of hair follicles. The type II keratins are clustered in a region of chromosome 12q13.[provided by RefSeq, Jun 2009]

synonyms
  • keratin, type II cytoskeletal 73
  • cytokeratin-73
  • keratin 6 irs3
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Properties